Base Money as a Liability of the Central Bank
An important parallel exists between commercial and central banking: just as bank deposits are liabilities for commercial banks, the entire stock of base money represents a liability on the central bank's balance sheet. This includes both physical currency in circulation and the reserves held by commercial banks at the central bank.
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