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The Fed's Money Multiplyer Is Infinity
Right now, the required reserves are calculated by the amount of reserves the banks have as a percentage of their deposits. The Fed is having to pay 3% interest on all of these reserves. So what the government should do is increase the required reserve ratio from 0% to 16%. Then it wouldn't be necessary for the Fed to pay interest on the reserves anymore,. There would be no need to pay them for them. And in that case, the Fed would become immensely profitable again.