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samoan62's avatar

Darn, should've known after you said "Goldman Sachs"

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Walt McRee's avatar

Gov. Murphy would surely understand the difference between a bank and a nonbank, one would think.

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Patrick Carroll's avatar

The Wikipedia definition. "[a] bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits … and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans.” is not correct. Industrial banks do not accept demand deposits.

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Ellen Brown's avatar

Yes and state infrastructure "banks" don't either. But that's the point -- they're not true chartered banks, able to leverage their capital at 10 to 1, borrow in the fed funds market, etc.

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