# Someone explain our monetary system to me.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-our-monetary-system-to-me/185909>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-our-monetary-system-to-me/185909 "2003-07-03T00:20:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-our-monetary-system-to-me/185909/21 "2003-07-03T18:38:12Z")

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In that last, I should have said “Say you put $1,000 in the bank and they loan me $900, **which I turn around and deposit with them.** ”

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