Reserve requirement: related pages
Money supply
The amount of money in an economy: physical cash and various types of bank and non-bank deposits depending on the exact definition.
M1
A measure of money supply: bank notes and coins plus sight deposits.
Interest margin
Interest income minus interest expenses as a percentage of average interest earning assets.
Open market operations
A central bank's buying and selling of government securities, generally done to control money supply and interest rates.
Discount window
A collateralised lending facility run by a central bank, lending to banks in order to ensure their short term liquidity.
Dynamic provisioning
The adjustment of bank's provisions for loans for the economic cycle.
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