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by ericpauley 1203 days ago
The FDIC is backed by the full faith and credit of the US government. If a bank fails, your insured deposits will be made while, usually the next business day.
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That's true, but many people will still freak out anyway.
Will changes to probably in the context that FDIC only has reserves of approximately ~1% of the total insured value.