PE66: Base money in Canada

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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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