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A Program for Monetary Reform, the 1939 Document | Economic Stability
[pdf download] ...Our own monetary policy should likewise be directed toward avoiding inflation as well as deflation, and in attaining and maintaining as nearly as possible full production and employment. ...[100% Reserve System] Since the fractional reserve system hampers effective control by the Monetary Authority over the volume of our circulating medium it is desirable that any bank or other agency holding deposits subject to check (demand deposits) be required to keep on hand a dollar of reserve for every dollar of such deposit, so that, in effect, deposits subject to check actually represent money held by the bank in trust for the depositor.
1939 document; Economic stability; Monetary Reform; program.