Central banks could continue to plug the funding gap, but only at risk of increasing encumbrance and long-term addiction.

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But because banks are using central-bank liquidity to plug holes in their short-term funding, the money multiplier is collapsing: even as reserves swell, broad-money and credit growth is wilting.

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However, there are suspicions that the money is being deliberately kept back to help plug gaps in the central budget.

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Dena Libner, a spokeswoman for the Central Park Conservancy, said the workers found the munitions after removing a concrete plug from the mouth of the cannon.

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At lockups, news organizations have been required to plug their computers into a device called a "black box" tied to a central switch, which blocks computer transmissions until the embargo lifts.

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