Facing bank failures requires more courage from November candidates

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Another six US banks failed last Friday, bringing the total number of failures this year to 125, and to 265 over the last 2 years. Yet the issue of bank failures remains a non-issue for both incumbent politicians and their challengers in this mid-term election cycle.

You can try hard to find a news article on a bank failure where a candidate sketches out some thoughts on what must be done to relieve the difficulties facing US banks, especially small community banks, but you’ll be trying for a long time.

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