PE67: Reserves & Recessions... in Canada!

<p>Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/</p> <p>Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/</p> <p><br></p> <p>This is the sixty-seventh video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Contents</p> <p>00:00 Intro</p> <p>00:35 Base money in banks</p> <p>01:52 Demand deposits</p> <p>03:45 Reserve ratio</p> <p>04:15 Reserve ratio rising</p> <p>06:36 Reserve ratio falling</p> <p>08:55 Central bank sells gold</p> <p>11:15 What makes Canada different?</p> <p>12:30 Is fractional reserve banking the problem?</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here I talk about the reserve ratio of the Canadian banking system from the late &#39;60s, until today. This is the ratio of base money in banks, relative to outstanding demand deposits - systemwide.</p> <p><br></p> <p>The most important question I ask and answer in this video is: Is fractional reserve banking (and low reserve ratios) the source of recessions?</p> <p><br></p> <p>Prior videos with further info:</p> <p>Brown&#39;s Bottom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTkkPpCfxWA</p> <p>USA Demand Deposits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF08eIt2AaY</p> <p><br></p> <p>Host: Matthew Mezinskis</p> <p>https://porkopolis.io</p> <p>https://twitter.com/crypto_voices</p> <p><br></p> <p>Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.</p>