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Banks ____________________ money by accepting deposits and making loans .

A deposit initially has no effect on the money supply because currency in circulation ____________________ and checkable bank deposits ____________________ by the same amount .

A bank reduces its ____________________ by making a loan .

By putting cash back into circulation by ____________________ , banks increase the money supply .

The process of money ____________________ continues via the money multiplier .

In tracing out the effect of a deposit , it is assumed that the funds a bank lends out ____________________ come back to the banking system .

In reality , some loaned funds may be held by borrowers in their wallets and not deposited in a bank , ____________________ the size of the money multiplier .

____________________ ____________________ are a bank's reserves over and above the amount needed to satisfy the minimum reserve ratio .

The ____________________ ____________________ is the factor by which an initial increase in excess reserves increases checkable bank deposits , a component of the money supply .

The monetary base is the ____________________ of currency in circulation and the reserves held by banks .

____________________ ____________________ ____________________ is part of both the monetary base and the money supply .

Bank reserves aren't part of the ____________________ ____________________ , and checkable bank deposits aren't part of the ____________________ ____________________ .