International banking lawyer Ernie Patrikis, a former vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, explains why.

VOA: special.2010.09.17

The 1907 banking crisis then led finally to the creation of the system that we have now the Federal Reserve System.

907年的银行业危机最终导致,我们现有的系统的建立,联邦储备金系统。

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That's a lot less than the amount of money out there but they always had fractional reserve of banking anyway.

这比流通的金钱少的多,但是他们总是有部分准备金银行制度。

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So, banks are natural and fractional reserve banking is the natural thing to do.

所以银行的产生是很自然的,而部分准备金制度也是自然产生的

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Moreover they can also borrow from the Federal Reserve Banks when they're in trouble and need money and that's supposed to help prevent banking crises.

更多的是，当它们陷入困境,需要钱时可以,从联邦储备银行那里借钱,这样可以帮助阻止银行业危机的产生。

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What we have--we have a problem that there can be a systemic problem to fractional reserve banking if there is ever a run on the banking system.

我们面临着一个问题,如果出现银行挤兑,部分准备金制度会,导致系统性的问题

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The issuing bank would be driven out of business if it didn't. They all were using fractional reserve banking so if you have a big player that's demanding gold from you you're in trouble.

发行纸币的银行将会被驱逐出银行业,如果它不这么做，它们都采取,部分准备金银行制度，所以如果你有一个对手,一直向你索求金子，你会陷入大麻烦的。

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