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Do Banks Still Serve a Purpose?

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January 8, 2013

We speak with Ferdinand Fichtner from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) about the role of banks in the financial system. Are they supporting businesses by providing loans or are they strangling them by refusing to finance capital projects?

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