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Sherrod Brown: “Look at the rate of growth. They did not grow a whole lot until the last 10 years, and look what happened. They are…”

On the recordMay 6, 2010
Look at the rate of growth. They did not grow a whole lot until the last 10 years, and look what happened. They are going to continue to grow since the Glass-Steagall repeal. The argument opponents of our amendment use most frequently is: We do not have the largest banks in the world anymore. There are larger banks other places. And how are our banks going to compete with these huge banks? I am intrigued by that because our banks are trillion dollar banks. I know there are studies that banks with assets of $300 billion and $400 billion and $500 billion have all the economies of scale. Economies of scale do not work forever.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio
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May 6, 2010

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The speaker discusses the growth of banks and the impact of the Glass-Steagall repeal.

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