Khan Academy: Banking 8: Reserve Ratios

Exploring a world with more than one bank, Sal illustrates the balance sheets of each fictional bank and explains the possible problems that could result from inconsistent reserve ratio requirements. The video details how one bank run...

A video [8:51] explaining how reserve requirements limit the amount of money banks can lend.

Who is Salman Khan? That is the first question learners will answer after reading a New York Times article about the online math and science educator. They'll read the article and respond to eight questions that ask, who, what, when,...

This video breaks down a bank's balance sheet even further by walking through assets, A video [8:32] that explains how to break down a bank's balance sheet even further by walking through assets, liabilities, equity, required reserves,...

A video [8:43] that explains how to solve questions that include analyzing reserve requirements, determining the availability of funds that a bank can loan, and money creation through the fractional reserve bank system.

A video [11:28] that introduces the idea of a reserve bank.

A video [11:18] that introduces government debt and treasuries as well as what it means when we say that Federal Reserve Notes are issued by the Reserve bank but are an obligation of the Government.

A video [11:52] explaining how banks are connected, so when one bank fails, other banks are affected.

A video [8:49] introducing what a bank note is and how it relates to the money we use today.

A video [8:29] explaining how banks give out loans based on the gold standard without ever exchanging the actual gold.