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Old 11-02-2008, 12:17 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Most central banks have a built-in rescue system, it's called the window discount rate, basically a "special discount" rate for banks to "borrow" reserves from central banks,

That UK bank with the bank run a few months ago did exactly that,

Yes it's a disaster, and the news are quiet about it for good reasons, the last thing you need is a bank run as this would collapse the whole system, like it did in the 1920s
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