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The 16 pages that link to Fractional-reserve banking, each with the reason it gives.

• United States dollarRelated: Commercial bank lending creates much of the dollar-denominated money used in the economy.

• Commercial bankRelated: Explains how commercial banks can extend credit while keeping funds available for withdrawals.

• Retail bankingRelated: Lending transforms deposit funding into credit while banks manage liquidity obligations.

• Murray RothbardRelated: Rothbard criticized this practice as a source of monetary expansion and financial instability.

• Commercial bankingRelated: Deposit-funded lending links customer accounts to the bank’s credit creation.

• Bank depositRelated: It explains how deposited funds support lending while banks meet withdrawals.

• First Bank of the United StatesRelated: The bank issued notes and extended credit beyond its specie holdings.

• Money supplyRelated: Bank lending can create deposits that increase measured money.

• Austrian business cycle theoryRelated: The theory frequently identifies this system as a channel for credit expansion.

• Financial servicesRelated: This framework explains how deposit-taking banks fund lending while retaining liquidity.

• History of bankingRelated: It helps explain how banks expanded credit beyond the currency they held.

• History of moneyRelated: Bank lending expanded spendable money beyond the stock of coins and notes.