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Who says they're not? The average loan-to-deposit ratio for banks in Maine, for example, is 100%. Banks can do this and still have cash on hand by borrowing money from other (usually larger) banks at a low rate, and loaning it to consumers at a higher rate. It's only a problem if a lot of people all decide they want their money at once.

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If banks loaned out all of their deposits, it would be impossible to meet costumers' demands for withdrawls.

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