Deposit insurance causes inflation because, as a consequence, people don't differentiate between cash and bank account money, at least not in value. They trade at parity, which otherwise they would not. Without deposit insurance, new (bank account) credit would not affect the price of cash in the same way.
Deposit insurance allows people not to worry about the safety of their bank. This gives the banking system the ability to dilute the value of cash.
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