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I’m having trouble squaring that circle. “Depositors made whole. No taxpayer money will be used.” Um, what? You’d think they’d elaborate a bit.

Edit: This from the WSJ is thin but plausible I guess:

    The government’s bank-deposit insurance fund will cover all deposits at the two banks, rather than the standard $250,000. Federal regulators said any losses to the government’s fund would be recovered in a special assessment on banks and that the U.S. taxpayers wouldn’t bear any losses.