A commercial bank has total customer deposits of $10 million. The bank approves a new $500,000 loan for a local construction company. When the loan is issued, the bank credits the company's checking account with the full amount. Immediately after this single transaction, what is the new total of customer deposits held at this bank?

The Role of Banks in Money Supply

Analyzing a Common View of Banking

A commercial bank functions primarily as an intermediary, collecting funds from savers and then lending those same funds to borrowers. Consequently, the total amount of new loans a bank can make is strictly limited by the total amount of its existing customer deposits.

Bank Balance Sheet Analysis

Critique of the Bank Intermediary Model

There are two competing views on how commercial banking functions. Match each statement below to the conceptual model it best represents.

Analyzing a Public Statement on Banking

A politician makes the following statement: "To stimulate economic growth, we must encourage households to save more. This increased pool of savings will allow our commercial banks to lend more money to businesses for investment." Which of the following provides the most accurate critique of the politician's statement based on the actual mechanics of the modern banking system?

A commercial bank approves and issues a $100,000 loan to a customer. Arrange the following outcomes of this single transaction in the correct logical sequence to illustrate how new money is created.