So imagine I lost a note of $10 and it somehow burns or anything that makes it disappear forever, what impact does this have on the economy or anything?
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Individually almost nothing, there is so much currency out there that the impact of a single note, even tons and tons of notes is not noticeable.
For example, Pablo Escobar kept so much money in cash that he estimated he’d lose 10% of it per year (roughly $2 billion dollars) due to things like weather, getting eaten by animals, or simply just forgetting the warehouse existed. This loss did not materially affect the economy.
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