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Reply to comment by Lilyo in To Achieve Real Financial Accountability, New York City Needs a Public Bank by Lilyo
That’s not how that works. Nyc issues bonds which investment companies buy with their client funds in order to earn interest. Nyc wouldn’t be able to just loan itself money even if was a bank, commercial and investment lines must have clear separation of funds by law. Their bank can borrow from the fed but those are short term loans for operating capital, like a day or two
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