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Ritchie Torres: “When the Federal Home Loan bank makes an advance to a…”

Featuring: Ritchie Torres, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 15th Congressional District

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'There's A Problem Of Moral Hazard': Ritchie Torres Presses Expert About Advances To Failing Banks

Published | Video Starts at 02:45

I'm sorry, what if the credit risk tells us the bank is going to fail? Here's why I want to. Here's my concern. I'll lay it out for you. Make an observation and have you respond, When the Federal Home Loan bank makes an advance to a failing bank, it secures a priority claim on high quality assets pledged as collateral. In doing so, it reduces the pool of assets available to the FDIC as receiver and can potentially increase losses to the deposit insurance fund. (02:45–02:55)

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Asserts that the Federal Home Loan Bank secures a priority claim on high-quality assets when advancing to failing banks.

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