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An Assessment Of The Impact Of Thrifts On Commercial Bank Competition In The Richmond, Virginia, R.M.A., J. Patrick Raines, Kenneth W. Vance

Robins School of Business White Paper Series, 1980-2022

“Yes Virginia, there is trouble in the Savings and Loan Industry.” Depending upon who one believes, the cost of restructuring and creating a vital thrift industry will be between $50 billion and $100 billion. Nevertheless, political concerns virtually guarantee that the industry which has helped make the American dream a reality will be nurtured (force fed if necessary) back to good health. As the savings and loan industry is rehabilitated, bankers can be expected to increasingly assert that thrift institutions represent a major factor in their markets. Both Federal and State bank regulators will be called upon to place more …