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> Every loan any bank ever makes is matched with some asset.

This was true 200 years ago not anymore. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_creation#Credit_theory...

Only 3% need to be matched IIRC



Quoting from the section that you linked to:

> When a bank issues a loan of $1000 to a customer, they debit the customer's loan account with $1000 and at the same time they credit the customer's deposit account with $1000, ready for using. The bank now has a new asset of $1000 and a new liability of $1000.

So ... do you have a source that supports your claim rather than mine?




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