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Fed Liquidity Programs Hurt, Worked

Four Fed liquidity facilities are shutting down today


By Steven Sloan, American Banker

February 1, 2010

Though President Obama last week said the spate of government programs helping banks was comparable to a "root canal," there can be little doubt that a key part of those efforts — the Federal Reserve's multiple liquidity facilities — was vital in staving off economic collapse.

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