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The Fed's Playbook for Fighting Bank Panics, Now vs. The Great Depression | Dr. Jane Knodell

Forward Guidance

CHAPTER

The History of the Federal Reserve

The FDIC was created during the Great Depression in 1934. Congress really didn't want to create a strong, strong central bank. We still were very worried about having that much power concentrated in this institution. But all those concerns became secondary when it was like, we got to go, you know, win this war.

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