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208 <strong>Money</strong>, <strong>Bank</strong> <strong>Credit</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Cycles</strong>(25)<strong>Bank</strong> ABalance Sheetc=0.1 <strong>and</strong> k=0.2AssetsLiabilitiesCash 121,952 Dem<strong>and</strong> deposits 1,219,512Loans 1,097,560Total Assets 1,219,512 Total Liabilities 1,219,512THE CASE OF A VERY SMALL BANKLet us now consider a particular type of isolated bank: avery small or “Lilliputian” bank; that is, one in which k=0.(29)Assets<strong>Bank</strong> ABalance Sheet(By the continental system)c=0.1 k=0.2LiabilitiesCash 121,824 Dem<strong>and</strong> deposits 1,218,232Loans 1,096,408Total Assets 1,218,232 Total Liabilities 1,218,232<strong>The</strong>se figures are practically identical to those in balance sheet (25).<strong>The</strong>y do not match exactly because our example stops at the third repetitionof the loan-deposit process. If we had continued to follow theprocess, the numbers in balance sheet (29) would have become more<strong>and</strong> more similar to those in (25), <strong>and</strong> they eventually would havematched exactly.

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