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What did the glass-stegall act (the banking act) do?

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The US Banking Act of 1933, is the law that seperated investment and retail banking

Step-by-step explanation:

The act refers to 4 provisions set in place to manage investment and retail banking those 4 are:

  1. dealing in non-governmental securities for customers,
  2. investing in non-investment grade securities for themselves,
  3. underwriting or distributing non-governmental securities,
  4. affiliating (or sharing employees) with companies involved in such activities

It was repealed in by President Clinton with the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999

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