Money creation

[Enrique Diaz-Alvarez]

Doug Noland makes a good argument that money market funds have become
money creators not subject to reserve requirements. The crux of the 
argument is that people regard money market investments as both
stores of value and media of exchange, just like checking accounts.
Deposits on money markets can then be re-lent without keeping reserves,
and as long as borrowers deposit them on other money market accounts,
the multiplier is, in principle, infinite.

http://216.46.231.211/credit.htm

A counter argument  by Paul Kasriel

http://www.ntrs.com/rd/rd35/rd35fr.html

If Noland is right, and his argument does sound more persuasive, the Fed
has effectively  lost control over the US financial system. The
Bubblemeister could not keep consumers from going into hock to buy SUVs
and internet stocks even if he wanted to. This may explain his bizarre
refusal to comment on debt levels. Comments?

Enrique

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