Word: snares
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moves were intended to help thrift institutions snare some of the funds that have been going into such enticing outlets as commercial paper (8½%), Government bonds (8%) or Eurodollars (9¾%). The chief effect is likely to be a small rise in passbook savings, though such accounts still do not pay enough to make up for the erosion of inflation...