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The Cost of the Savings and Loan Crisis: Truth and Consequences
This 2000 report considers the cost of the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. This crisis "produced the greatest collapse of the U.S. financial institutions since the Great Depression. ... As of December 31, 1999, the thrift crisis had cost taxpayers approximately $124 billion." Includes material about the creation and operation of the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). Opens directly into a PDF document. Form the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/analytical/banking/2000dec/brv13n2_2.pdf
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