by stephanie

Glass - Steagall Act ( Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation )

steffies — 2016-01-13 00:21:21 UTC

Stephanie Ksiazek Period 3

steffies — 2016-01-13 00:22:23 UTC

Goal :

steffies — 2016-01-13 00:22:51 UTC

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, also known as the FDIC, provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts , reassuring millions of banks to act cautiously with customer's money. It wanted to insured institutions to be safe in banks. It also prohibited commercial banks from participating in theinvestment banking business.

What Did It Do ?

steffies — 2016-01-13 00:25:05 UTC

The Glass - Steagall Act helped bank accounts to restart the flow of consumer demand.

Critism :

steffies — 2016-01-13 00:25:54 UTC

However, the Glass - Steagall Act brought :

- Low profitability of banks

-Less availability of finance or industries

- Low returns to depositer

steffies — 2016-01-13 00:28:50 UTC

Funding :

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It successfully helped prevent fraud on customers and prevent banks from private securities.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation led to :

steffies — 2016-01-13 00:34:06 UTC

- Smaller risk to deposits in the bank
- Shield against bank run
- Less of an economic crisis

steffies — 2016-01-13 01:07:54 UTC