Fractional Reserve vs Monetary Policy

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Fractional Reserve
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Fractional reserve is a banking system where banks hold only a fraction of customer deposits as cash reserves, lending out the remainder to create new money.

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Monetary Policy
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Monetary policy is the set of decisions made by a central bank to control a nation's money supply and interest rates in order to manage inflation and economic growth.

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