Latest Additions to the Bank Failure List: 4 Banks, 1 Credit Union [View article]
The FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund $19 billion "balance" is an accounting fiction. The FDIC has the full resources of the US Treasury behind it, and can spend trillions if it has to.
As long as the Treasury can sell US dollar denominated assets such as bonds, the FDIC's resources are effectively limitless.
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The FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund $19 billion "balance" is an accounting fiction. The FDIC has the full resources of the US Treasury behind it, and can spend trillions if it has to.
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As long as the Treasury can sell US dollar denominated assets such as bonds, the FDIC's resources are effectively limitless.