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Weighing the Government Action Options

If banks at risk raised deposit interest rates, they would have fewer problems getting funds. There is a lot of cash from the stampede out of riskier assets that would gladly sit in an FDIC insured account or CDs, if they paid 5-6% instead of 0.1-2.0%. Instead, bankers are crying wolf because they can't make a 5% spread anymore borrowing short to lend long, and the incompetent US govt is doing everything possible to prop up an unsustainable debt orgy without actually sweetening terms for those with capital