Bank and insurance company investment pattern exhibits, [ca. 1919-1922]

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Bank and insurance company investment pattern exhibits, [ca. 1919-1922]

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This series details the financial activities of the banking and insurance industries which the committee investigated because it related to funds available for mortgages and housing investments. The committee wanted to identify and eliminate investment practices that were deleterious to the housing market. These five volumes contain charts revealing the patterns of investment of those industries.

2 cu. ft. (5 volumes)

New York State Archives

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