What’s Going On With the Recent Bank Failures?
The Strong Towns Podcast
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How to Sell a $100 Savings Bond
Before the Great Depression, banks would not do mortgages that were more than five years. The federal government created a secondary market with Fannie Mae to provide mortgage insurance. Banks today bar short deposits and lend long but can't take interest rate risk like they did in the 1930s.
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