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AN INDEPENDENT LABORATORY FOR UNDERSTANDINGEDITION 001 · 10 EXPLAINERS
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The world makes more sense when you can see the mechanism. Follow the money. Trace the energy. Find the feedback loop. Build an intuition that stays with you.
A closer lookFEATURED ESSAY
Money doesn’t grow
on trees.
So where does it?
Follow the balance sheets, not the banknotes. A ground-up guide to how the RBI, commercial banks, and you create and move money.
- Why banks don’t simply lend out your deposits
- What really happens when the RBI “prints money”
- The quiet machinery behind every payment
FOLLOW THE MONEYA CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEM
THE CENTRAL BANKReserve Bank of IndiaCreates central bank money
Reserves & liquidity↓↑ Settlement
THE BANKING SYSTEMCommercial banksLoans create deposits
Credit & deposits↓↑ Repayments
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THE REAL ECONOMY
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Businesses
Every asset has a matching liability.ASSETS = LIABILITIES
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