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That's not what the reserve requirement means. In this example it means the bank needs to reserve 10% of the deposit, so it can lend $90 to Bob. Now Bob can then deposit that money with another bank, which can then lend it out and so forth, giving a compounded effect on the whole banking system a lot beyond that, but the bank can still only lend $90 backed by that deposit.


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