The peculiar provisions of the law requiring national banks to maintain reserves to meet the call of the depositors operates to increase the money stringency when it arises rather than to expand the supply of currency and relieve it.
In his 1930 address, Taft explains how national bank reserve requirements can exacerbate money stringency during crises.
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