Even officials attheTreasury and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. sided with the banks, saying the proposal threatened to add risk to the system rather than scale it back.
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Atthe same time as theTreasury announcement, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said it would temporarily guarantee new issues of bank debt fully protecting the money even if the institution fails.