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Nonbank thrift institutions in 1977 and 1978
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The mixing of banking and commerce: a conference summary
Acquisitions of industrial loan corporations by commercial firms have renewed the debate over the separation between banking and commerce in the U.S. On May 16?18, 2007, policymakers and academics weighed in on this debate during the Chicago Fed?s 43rd annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, titled The Mixing of Banking and Commerce.
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Economic perspective on the political history of the Second Bank of the United States
The Second Bank of the United States was an institution of first-rank importance, both politically and economically, during the early nineteenth century. This article uses recent contributions to theory on industrial organization and monetary economics to argue tentatively that conflict between debtors and creditors may have played a larger role in the bank's fortunes than previously thought.
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United States banks and foreign trade financing
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On the size distribution of banks
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Developments in banking structure, 1970-1981
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Atlanta Fed hosts conference on access to banking in the Americas
The Americas Center of the Atlanta Fed recently held a conference in Miami to spur dialogue and collaboration among institutions and nonprofit groups that want to bring more people into the mainstream banking system.