If you consider that every possible transaction in the economy is arbitraged against the Treasury yield curve, it is clear that paying banks above the Treasury yield curve to hold reserves will depress both total demand and bank lending.

FORBES: Our Schizophrenic Fed

You could try to increase total sales by lowering prices, but if you face a downward sloping demand curve then maximum profits will always occur at a lower production level than maximum revenue.

FORBES: Corporate Profits and Aggregate Demand