On Tuesday July 2, 2013 US central bank policy makers
voted in favor of the US version of the global bank rules known as the Basel 3
accord. The cornerstone of the new rules is a requirement that banks maintain
high quality capital, such as stock or retained earnings, equal to 7 percent of
their loans and assets.
The bigger banks may be required to hold more than 9
percent. The Fed also drafted new “leverage ratio” rules to limit how much
banks can borrow to fund their business.
However, the introduction of new regulations by the Fed
cannot make the current monetary system stable and prevent financial upheavals.
The main factor of instability in the modern banking
system is the present paper standard, supported by the existence of the central
bank and fractional reserve lending.
In a true free market economy without the existence of
the central bank, banks will have difficulties practicing fractional reserve
banking. Any attempt to do so will lead to bankruptcies, which will restrain
any bank from attempting to lend out of “thin air.”
Fractional reserve banking can however be supported by
the central bank. Note that through ongoing monetary management, i.e., monetary
pumping, the central bank makes sure that all the banks can engage jointly in
the expansion of credit out of “thin air” via the practice of fractional
reserve banking....To Read More....
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