Reserves that banks and financial institutions maintain with the Federal Reserve System are under $50 billion, about 0.6% of GDP and 0.25% of liquidity available in stocks.
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Ray Kurzweil, “Reserves that banks and financial institutions maintain with the Federal Reserve System are under $50 billion, about 0.6% of GDP and 0.25% of liquidity available in stocks.” (said 2001). Verdict: not researched. Reliability API, claim c_00d899d8a014, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_00d899d8a014
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