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<text id=91TT1833>
<title>
Aug. 19, 1991: American Notes:Banking
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Aug. 19, 1991 Hostages:Why Now? Who's Next?
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 23
American Notes
BANKING
Bailout Boss Bails Out
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<p> Not many jobs could have been as exciting--or stressful--as overseeing the turbulent banking industry for the past six
years. Since he became chairman of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation in 1985, William Seidman has seen more
than 1,000 U.S. banks fail, and the number of institutions on
the brink continues to grow. The FDIC, which guarantees the
nation's bank deposits, has had to pay out more than $24 billion
during Seidman's tenure and is running low on reserves. Congress
is working on legislation to replenish the funds. No wonder
Seidman, 70, has decided to step down when his term ends in
October.
</p>
<p> Although Congress valued his blunt appraisal of the
severity of the banking crisis and his suggestions for reform,
Seidman often rankled members of the Bush Administration. He was
criticized by some for moving too slowly as head of the
Resolution Trust Corporation, the government agency charged with
managing and selling off foreclosed properties in the wake of
the savings-and-loan mess. The likely candidate to succeed him
at the FDIC: Federal Reserve director of banking supervision
William Taylor.
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</body></article>
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