New figures show that bank deposits have gone through the roof—but is this a good thing?
Banks have more cash than ever before—largely due to the coronavirus pandemic, figures from the Federal Reserve show.
Deposits have never been so high—growing by $865 billion in April alone, CNBC reported. Deposits in total have increased by $2 trillion since January after record amounts of cash were pumped into US bank accounts to help with COVID-19 chaos. Money in bank accounts now stands at a whopping $15.4 trillion, June figures show.
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