Credit creation
What Credit creation means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
The process by which commercial banks expand the broad money supply in response to Bank of England policy.
Creating new money in the form of credit when new loans are issued to customers.
Using deposits to create credit by issuing loans and mortgages.
Topics that use Credit creation
- Central banks and monetary policy (AQA A-Level)
- Commercial banks and investment banks (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Aggregate demand
- Commercial banks
- Economic governance
- Economic indicators
- Exchange rates
- Financial intermediation
- Financial markets
- Financial stability
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