S&L

Savings and Loan Crisis (S&L) is one of the largest financial scandals in the history of the United States. During the volatile interest rate climate in the 1970s, many depositors removed their funds from savings and loan institutions (S&Ls) to put them in money market funds. These money market funds offered higher interest rates because they were not governed by Regulation Q. When the S&L regulations loosened, S&Ls started to engage in increasingly risky activities, such as commercial real estate lending and junk bonds investments.