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Economic Commentary

Who Benefits from Increasing the Federal Deposit Insurance Limit?

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Who might stand to benefit from doubling the insured-deposit limit to $200,000, and are such benefits consistent with the social objectives of federal deposit insurance?

09.15.2001EC 9/15/2001

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Thomson, James B. 2001. “Who Benefits from Increasing the Federal Deposit Insurance Limit?” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 9/15/2001.

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