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  2. Depository institution - Wikipedia

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    Under federal law, however, a "depository institution" is limited to banks and savings associations - credit unions are not included [1] (debatable). [2] An example of a non-depository institution might be a mortgage bank. While licensed to lend, they cannot accept deposits. [3]

  3. List of unsolved problems in economics - Wikipedia

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    Transformation problem: The transformation problem is the problem specific to Marxist economics, and not to economics in general, of finding a general rule by which to transform the values of commodities based on socially necessary labour time into the competitive prices of the marketplace. The essential difficulty is how to reconcile profit in ...

  4. Shadow banking system - Wikipedia

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    Shadow banking institutions are typically intermediaries between investors and borrowers. For example, an institutional investor like a pension fund may be willing to lend money, while a corporation may be searching for funds to borrow. The shadow banking institution will channel funds from the investor(s) to the corporation, profiting either ...

  5. Term auction facility - Wikipedia

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    The Term Auction Facility (TAF) was a temporary program managed by the United States Federal Reserve designed to "address elevated pressures in short-term funding markets." [1] Under the program the Fed auctions collateralized loans with terms of 28 and 84 days to depository institutions that are "in generally sound financial condition" and "are expected to remain so over the terms of TAF loans."

  6. Depository bank - Wikipedia

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    A depository bank (U.S. usage) or depositary bank (predominantly EU usage) is a specialist financial entity which, depending on jurisdiction, facilitates investment in securities markets. Depository banks in the United States

  7. Financial intermediary - Wikipedia

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    A financial intermediary is an institution or individual that serves as a "middleman" among diverse parties in order to facilitate financial transactions.Common types include commercial banks, investment banks, stockbrokers, insurance and pension funds, pooled investment funds, leasing companies, and stock exchanges.

  8. Asset–liability mismatch - Wikipedia

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    In finance, an asset–liability mismatch occurs when the financial terms of an institution's assets and liabilities do not correspond. Several types of mismatches are possible. An asset-liability mismatch presents a material risk at institutions with significant debt exposure, such as banks or sovereign governments.

  9. Causes of the Great Recession - Wikipedia

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    Recessions. Many factors directly and indirectly serve as the causes of the Great Recession that started in 2008 with the US subprime mortgage crisis.The major causes of the initial subprime mortgage crisis and the following recession include lax lending standards contributing to the real-estate bubbles that have since burst; U.S. government housing policies; and limited regulation of non ...