Essays Tagged: "federal deposit insurance"

How well did the New Deal combat the Depression?

He countered this by closing all the banks and had Congress pass an Emergency Banking Act that made federal loans available to private bankers. At the same time he passed an Economy Act that required ... n to restructure the banking system with such acts as The Glass-Stegall Act and the creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He also set up the Securities Act and the securities Exchange ...

(2 pages) 128 0 3.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > The Great Depression

History:Social Welfare Programs, Fair Deal, New Federalism...

mely successful and within three days, 5,000 banks had been reopened. It also gave the power to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and all deposits were insured up to five thousand dollars, whi ... a mass, consumer industrial society. Truman attempted the "Fair Deal", Eisenhower created the "New Federalism", with help from Nixon and Reagan, Kennedy began the "New Frontier" and Johnson implement ...

(4 pages) 148 1 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

Chronicles the history of the American Great Depression. Discusses causes of the stock market crash. Details the events of Black Thursday. Describe the effect of the crash on the country.

n sold fruit on streetPeople became homelessOver 9,000 banks failedIV. Outcomes of the DepressionA. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation DevelopedRegulations came for banks and stock marketsFDIC star ... cent of their assets, in return for which they could botain loans on eligible for rediscount at the Federal Reserve branches. The bankers in charge of this venture were so reluctant to make loans that ...

(11 pages) 122 1 4.1 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Legacy Of FDR

n motion for an economic recovery. In 1933 he took America off of the gold standard and started the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a way to guarantee that the money of citizens would be protec ...

(3 pages) 17 0 3.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Foreign Banks vs. U.S. Banks: Impact on small business loans

ch, the researchers only included full service commercial banking units that were identified by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The domestic banks used in the study had 100% domestic ...

(3 pages) 23 1 4.3 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Journal Article Review: Money Central Waaa Hoooo! WaMu! By: Holly Outland University of Phoenix FIN 370: Finance for Business

ssets. Then the Office of Thrift Supervision turned around and gave all of the seized assets to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). (2008) This evidently happened because Washington Mutu ... dollars of Washington Mutual deposits that were withdrawn by its customers. (Strott, 2008)Once the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation received the assests and liabilities, it then sold the Washing ...

(2 pages) 47 0 4.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

U.S. History Study Notes - Roosevelt's New Deal

enticed reformers with hints of more radical changes-wanted to cut government spending, balance the federal budget, and support the gold standard & promised more government relief for the poor-bel ... of the U.S. banking system: the Glass-Steagall banking Act of 1933 outlawed speculative loans, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation protected the savings of individuals, the Banking Act of 1935 ...

(6 pages) 26 0 4.3 Apr/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History