Vault cash
currency that is physically held by banks and stored in vaults overnight. ...
vault cash
cash in a bank's vault that is used for day-to-day business needs, such as cashing checks for customers. On premises cash can be counted as a portion of bank legal reserves to meet reserve requirements of the Federal Reserve System.
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Vault cash
Cash kept on hand in a depository institution's vault to meet day-to-day business needs, such as cashing checks for customers; can be counted as a portion of the institution's required reserves.
VAULT CASH: Paper currency and metal coins possessed by a commercial bank, either stored in the actual bank vault or temporarily resting teller drawers.
Base money [r]: currency in circulation plus bank vault cash plus deposits held by banks at the central bank (termed "high-powered money" in the US, and referred to as M0 in the UK). [e]
Basis point [r]: (bp) one hundredth of a percentage point .
banks and thrift institutions are obligated by law to maintain certain levels of reserves, either as reserves with the Fed or as vault cash.
Reserves A depository institution's vault cash (up to the level of its required reserves) plus balances in its reserve account (not including funds applied to its required clearing balance).
Desired reserves The value of reserves that a depository institution wishes to hold in the form of vault cash or other deposits, or, in the case of the chartered banks, in the form of deposits with the Bank of Canada.
An additional required deposit to bring an investor's equity account up to the initial margin level when the balance falls below the maintenance margin requirement.
Vault cash ...
limits a bank's lending to a certain fraction of its demand deposits. The current rule allows a bank to issue loans to an amount equal to 90% of such deposits, holding 10% in reserve. The reserves can be held in any combination of vault cash and ...
Banks are required to meet a reserve requirement for all checking account deposits by depositing money with the Federal Reserve, typically in the form of vault cash.
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