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Feds Consider Insuring All Bank Deposits

By Clay Dillow,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 10, 2008 4:39 PM CDT

(Newser) – Under the shadow of the deteriorating global economy, the US is considering two more steps to assuage markets, the Wall Street Journal reports: guaranteeing billions in bank debt and insuring all US bank deposits. Either move is an aggressive step, and in tandem they would...   Read full story »

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