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The FDIC is backed by the full faith and credit of the US government. If a bank fails, your insured deposits will be made while, usually the next business day.

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That's true, but many people will still freak out anyway.

Will changes to probably in the context that FDIC only has reserves of approximately ~1% of the total insured value.

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