No, you have to lend it to someone else for that, who probably spends it. And it never really matches what it would be doing if invested, and if it’s something like a savings account the interest you earn might even be less than the inflation rate. There’s a whole logic to this.
Collection of interest and profit from investments definitely are included in the reasoning of central banks.
It does become worth more if you hoard it. They call that interest.
No, you have to lend it to someone else for that, who probably spends it. And it never really matches what it would be doing if invested, and if it’s something like a savings account the interest you earn might even be less than the inflation rate. There’s a whole logic to this.
Collection of interest and profit from investments definitely are included in the reasoning of central banks.