Proposals for Strengthening the National Banking System. II

O. M. W. Sprague

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1910, vol. 24, issue 4, 634-659

Abstract: The bond-secured notes have not been a serious element of weakness, 634. — The present practice of paying interest on bankers' deposits, the fundamental cause of inelasticity, 637. — And also of the lack of any reserve of lending power in our banking system, 638. — Regular redemption of notes alone would not ensure elasticity, 642. — Evils which may be attributed to the bond-secured notes, 645. — A plan for the substitution of an asset currency of limited volume, 646. — Proposal for the modification of the present method of paying interest on bankers' deposits, 650. — Summary of the proposals in this and the preceding article, 654.

Date: 1910
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