Deposit Insurance : Raising the Coverage Limit.

Provides history of deposit insurance coverage in banking and thrift industries, and addresses FDIC proposed system reform of deposit protection. Summarizes positions of lobbyists and banking regulators on coverage increases, and provides arguments for and against raising general limit on deposit in...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2003.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Provides history of deposit insurance coverage in banking and thrift industries, and addresses FDIC proposed system reform of deposit protection. Summarizes positions of lobbyists and banking regulators on coverage increases, and provides arguments for and against raising general limit on deposit insurance coverage from current level, increasing coverage for special cases, such as retirement, municipal, and large transitory accounts, and indexing coverage using some measure of inflation.
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