banking principle

noun

the principle that bank notes are a form of credit and should be issued freely in order to maintain an elastic currency.

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Apparently it was an endeavor to remove still further the danger of sectional dissatisfaction that led the Monetary Commission to make its one serious departure from sound banking principle in framing its bill.