If the government takes over a failed bank with liabilities (mostly deposits) of $2 billion, pays off

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If the government takes over a failed bank with liabilities (mostly deposits) of $2 billion, pays off the depositors, and sells the assets for $1.5 billion, where does the missing $500 million come from? Why?

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Macroeconomics Principles And Policy

ISBN: 9780324586213

11th Edition

Authors: William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder

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