Teaching UGC NET Mock Test Series 2025 (Paper 1 & 2) Current Affairs Business and Economy Banking Affairs
Consider the following statements regarding full-reserve banking and fractional-reserve banking:
1. In full-reserve banking, banks are required to hold all the money they receive from customers as demand deposits in their vaults at all times.
2. In full-reserve banking, banks can only lend money that they have received as time deposits.
3. In fractional-reserve banking, banks primarily lend electronic money and can create loans exceeding the actual physical cash they hold.
4. Full-reserve banking allows banks to freely influence the economy's money supply, leading to possible economic booms and busts.
How many of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
1
Only one
2
Only two
3
Only three
4
All four