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Board Economics
Re: Interest rates in a deflationary currency
by
molecular
on 05/06/2013, 20:04:00 UTC
Question:How do banks get more coins to pay interest rates if no new money is produced?

Banks don't pay interest rates. They are just (taken we're talking about classic "depository & loans" operations) intermediaries.

Borrowers pay interest rates. They can pay them because they make a good business with the capital and come out on top (investment).

There's also the possibility of default, that's why money doesn't concentrate in a single point in the long run.