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Re:America’s banks are missing hundreds of billions of dollars by geysersam on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @05:29AM (#35258685)
> 1. The government requires banks buy their debt and hold it as reserves because it's considered the safest investment.

What do you mean by this?

No one forced them to invest in bonds and not hedge against raising interest rates.

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Re:America’s banks are missing hundreds of billions of dollars by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @06:20AM (#35259011)
The while posts makes out banks to be victims. Supposedly they have no agency.

Bank lives matter!

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