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Use for questions primarily related to the stock of money, either narrow money (MB or M0), and broad money (M1, M2, etc). This can also be used in questions related to the creation of money by governments and central banks, including questions related to models with a money market like IS-LM, where the supply is of importance.

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Why do banks take deposits if they do not need them to make loans?

I think there are a few separate issues here. First, semantics: if an institute doesn't let you deposit money into your account, I think we'd be hard-pressed to call it a "bank". This really doesn't m …
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