Banks do not need to keep all of their deposits on hand as reserves because
A) only a fraction of deposits are withdrawn at any one time.
B) FDIC protects banks from excessive withdrawal demands.
C) there is too much risk of bank robberies.
D) they can always generate new reserves through the money creation process.
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