A Historical Assessment of the Rationales and Functions of Reserve Requirements

Goodfriend, Marvin; Hargraves, Monica

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A Historical Assessment of the Rationales and Functions of Reserve Requirements

FRB Richmond Economic Review, Vol. 69, No. 2, March/April 1983, pp. 3-21

19 Pages Posted: 24 Aug 2012

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Marvin Goodfriend

Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Monica Hargraves

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Date Written: 1983

Abstract

Laws requiring banks to hold a volume of reserves equal to a prescribed fraction of their deposits originated in this country more than a century ago.

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Goodfriend, Marvin and Hargraves, Monica, A Historical Assessment of the Rationales and Functions of Reserve Requirements (1983). FRB Richmond Economic Review, Vol. 69, No. 2, March/April 1983, pp. 3-21, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2118170