GARN-ST. GERMAIN DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS ACT
Law strengthening the financial stability of banks and other savings institutions to become more ready to compete in the money market, as well as ensuring the availability of home mortgage loans. Enacted in 1982, it scrapped the interest rate ceiling they used to abide, authorized them to make commercial loans, and enabled federal agencies to approve bank acquisitions.
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