Thakor, Anjan V.; Yu, Edison G. - 2022
Relying on theories in which bank loans create deposits—a process we call “funding liquidity creation”—we measure how … constrained by the supply of cash deposits. During the 2001-2020 period, 92% of bank deposits were due to funding liquidity … much funding liquidity the U.S. banking system creates. Private money creation by banks enables lending to not be …