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The Financial Safety Net

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond estimates that

60 percent of the liabilities of the financial system are subject to explicit or implicit protection from loss by the federal government. This protection may encourage risk taking, making financial crises and bailouts more likely.

This entry was posted in Notes and tagged Bank, Deposit insurance, Financial crisis, Financial safety net, Guarantee, Liability, Moral hazard, US on May 27, 2015 by Dirk Niepelt.

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