Question

Identify each statement as either true or false. In the United States, banks keep the entire value of all customer deposits in the bank vault to meet customer withdrawals. Banks typically loan out a portion of customer deposits. Bank runs occur when many customers attempt to withdraw deposits from a bank at the same time and the bank is unable to pay all customer withdrawals. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) protects bank depositors from bank failure. The fractional reserve banking system requires all banks to keep the total value of customer deposits in their vaults to prevent bank runs.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Fractional banking is a banking system where a portion of customer's deposits is kept as reserves while remaining portion is lent out. The amount kept as reserves is determined by the required reserve ratio set by the Central bank.

If the required reserve ratio is 10% and $100 is deposited, reserves would be $10 and $90 would be lent out

Fractional banking is practiced in the US

Bank run is when depositors withdraw their monies from the bank due to fear of the bank failing.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was established after the great depression. Bank run was attributed to be one of the causes of the great depression. The FDIC increases confidence of depositors in banks because they insure the deposit of bank customers. In the case a bank fails, customers are assured that they would not lose their monies deposited