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PE66: Base money in Canada

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2023-05-12

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This is the sixty-sixth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.




Contents


00:00 Intro


00:40 Physical currency (banknotes)


01:12 Money printing during Covid


01:51 CBDC? Don't forget CBPC!


03:30 Canada's free banking system


06:33 Canada's Great Depression


08:55 Benefits of branch banking


12:07 Physical currency (banknotes)


14:22 Bank reserves (settlement balances)


19:45 Compound annual growth rates




Here I talk about the wonderful free banking history of Canada. I also bring it into the present by looking at the growth of the monetary base, or Canada's base money, over the last 90 years, since the Bank of Canada was founded. How does it affect price inflation?




Prior videos with further info:


USA monetary base: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPpTrgPNTz4


Scandic paper currency stocks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe3WaE8o0rY




Host: Matthew Mezinskis


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