The pre-New Deal (1930 – 1932) continues: Republican (fascist/socialist) President Hoover—without a constitutional amendment—signs the Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1932, restricting the lending authority of the nation’s commercial banks; but also permitting the Federal Reserve (central bank) System to use Federal obligations (debt) as collateral for the issuance of its notes (Bills of Credit). This exacerbates the Great Depression by further reducing the nation’s money supply.
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References:
Federal Reserve Act of 1932, 47 Public Statutes at Large 56 (1932).
Robert Higgs, Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government, (Oakland, California: The Independent Institute, 1987), 164.
Murray N. Rothbard, America’s Great Depression, fifth edition, (1963; Auburn, Alabama: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2000), 266.
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