Abstract
Deregulation and financial consolidation have led to the development of financial holding companies - allowing commercial banking, insurance, investment banking, and other financial activities to be conducted under the same corporate umbrella - and the Federal Reserve has been named supervisor of the consolidated enterprise. This Policy Discussion Paper will show that there likely are economies of scope between the Fed's inherent central-banking responsibilities and those of an umbrella supervisor and that these duel roles benefit both the Fed and functional regulators.
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