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Rep. Kanjorski: $550 Billion Disappeared in "Electronic Run On the Banks" (video)

by Open-Publishing - Monday 9 February 2009

Economy-budget USA

At 2 minutes, 20 seconds into this C-Span video clip, Rep. Paul Kanjorski of Pennsylvania explains how the Federal Reserve told Congress members about a "tremendous draw-down of money market accounts in the United States, to the tune of $550 billion dollars." According to Kanjorski, this electronic transfer occured over the period of an hour or two.