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No. Banks classify outstanding loans as assets, not liabilities.


Yes, the loan is the bank's asset. The deposit created aka "the money" is the bank's liability. I don't think we're in disagreement here.

A corollary of this is that contra popular suggestions otherwise, the accounts net to zero and the bank obtains no gain from "printing money", only from interest earned on repayments.




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