Sunday, 9 October 2016

Modern Banking System

I always wondered how money comes into existence in our economy. Text books says Reserve Bank of India (RBI) prints the money.

Ideally Government should collect the bag full of cash from RBI and should back it up with Assets they have created. Is it fair to sit and calculate that the total money printed (excluding coins) by RBI is backed by an Asset or Loans that Government lends it to others such as Banks who will further lend to companies / individuals.

However there are other situations also when Money was printed.

One instance (Source: www.firstpost.com -  December 11, 2013) is listed below:

“The dollar-rupee swap window that was open for banks between September and November 2013 attracted $34 billion. Since the idea of the swap is to allow banks to borrow in dollars and convert the money into rupees at favourable costs, this has resulted in what could probably be the largest single money printing exercise in India over such a short period of time.

The net effect of the $34 billion inflows is an injection of Rs 2,100 billion (Rs 2,10,000 crore) into the banking system. This injection is primary in nature, i.e money was printed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The mechanics of the swap transaction are given at the end of the analysis. When we say printed, it means the money exists in the books of banks as cash.”

So my understanding about Assets in place for money printed is thrown out of window.

I got struck badly when I understood that there is difference in Money and Currency. I believe many educated or degree holders like CA / MBA / PHD (in commercial subjects) are not aware what the difference is and how the banking system works.

I bet 99.99 % do not know it. So what is the problem?

Is it that we are not educated about it or partly it is shared in books or the Modern Banking System has become too complicated for 99.99% of the citizens.

Here I am not going to answer this complex question. 

On the contrary it is better the reader visits the YouTube link (given below) on The Biggest Scam In The History Of Mankind and understand what is actually happening and how modern banking system is a delusion which will be blown, when we have to wait and watch. This pertains to Modern Banking System in The United States of America.

It seems from the You Tube video, it is better to live in a barter system where the owner of a service / an asset knows what he gets in exchange.

The other biggest puzzle by the modern day banking system especially Federal Reserve is the Quantitative Easing. In simple terms, to avoid deflation Federal Reserve is creating electronic money. Here the effort is to create inflation in their economy.

However, in turn who gets that money or how it is channeled there is no knowledge about it. The best part Federal Reserve does not know when to unwind it, what will be the impact and still inflation of 2% is not reached.

I will reproduce the quotes from the You Tube link to summarize Modern Banking System:

“The modern banking system manufactures “money” out of nothing; and the process is, perhaps, the most, astounding piece of “sleight of hand” that was ever invented. In fact, it was not invented. It merely “grew”. … Banks in fact are able to create (and cancel) modern “deposit money”, just as much as they were originally able to create, or call in, their own original forms of private notes. They can, in fact, inflate and deflate, i.e., mint, and un-mint the modern “ledger-entry” currency.” 
- Major L. L. B. Angas 

"Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take away from them the power to create money and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money."
 - Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp.

Enjoy the You Tube link given below under references.

References:


Difference between Money and Currency:


The Biggest Scam In The History Of Mankind :




Possible impact of Quantitative Easing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHU5nj97HNM&list=FL_ywfvIR2JrnMuZt33y7QYQ

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