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I understand that money needs to continually be printed as bills and coins are damaged or lost, but wouldn't any currency be way more stable if it was just printed slower than it's taken out of circulation?

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, banks are required to keep x% I forget in reserves and they loan the rest out. Do the Taylor series and that's our money supply