Arbeitspapier

Government and Private E-Money-Like Systems: Federal Reserve Notes and National Bank Notes

The period from 1914 to 1935 in the United States is unique in that it was the only time that both privately-issued bank notes (national bank notes) and central bank-issued bank notes (Federal Reserve notes) were simultaneously in circulation. This paper describes some lessons relevant to e-money from the U.S. experience during this period. It argues that Federal Reserve notes were not issued to be a superior currency to national bank notes. Rather, they were issued to enable the Federal Reserve System to act as a lender of last resort in times of financial stress. It also argues that the reason to eventually eliminate national bank notes was that they were potentially a source of bank reserves. As such, they could have threatened the Federal Reserve System's control of the reserves of the banking system and thereby the Fed's control of monetary policy.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Bank of Canada Working Paper ; No. 2015-18

Classification
Wirtschaft
Demand for Money
Monetary Systems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System; Payment Systems
Central Banks and Their Policies
Subject
Bank notes
E-money
Financial services

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Weber, Warren E.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Bank of Canada
(where)
Ottawa
(when)
2015

DOI
doi:10.34989/swp-2015-18
Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Weber, Warren E.
  • Bank of Canada

Time of origin

  • 2015

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