Bank Deregulation Set to Unlock $2.6t of Wall Street Lending Capacity
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The story reports on bank deregulation potentially unlocking $2.6T of Wall Street lending capacity, sparking concerns among commenters about the risks of increased lending and potential instability.
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jacquesm
3 months ago
1 replySo, we're going headlong for the next financial crisis as well now? You'd say we have enough problems already, but I guess 2008 is already long enough ago that we can have another one.
toomuchtodo
3 months ago
Surely top men are in position to navigate us through the resulting crisis, right? /s
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