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An answer to banks’ collateral shortage

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Banks need more collateral, so they should be allowed to borrow against their required reserves.

That’s the argument from a recently published article in the PBoC’s official newspaper.

The author calls for a multi-layered deposit reserve system, where the first tranche is considered full-on, ...