It shows a pattern of responsibility.
If you have only had accounts for 1 month, it doesn't really give a full picture of whether or not you always make your payments on time, etc. However if you have had accounts for 20 years, creditors have more history to look through to determine if you are responsible.
Keep in mind, checking and savings accounts are not the primary type of accounts that creditors want to look at because those only deal with spending money you already have. Lenders really want to know how you handle money that you <em>borrow</em>, such as school loans, credit cards, rent payments, and auto loans.
Learned Hands favored an interventionist central government economic policy. He was also influenced by the distribution of wealth. Roosevelt's radical economic reforms including the New Deal Policy. However, was vigilant on the dangers of an authoritarian government and did not agree of "packing the court".
This expanding panic and rising flood of withdrawals is called Bank Run.
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Bank run means many customers of the bank withdraw their deposits due to the fear that the bank might become insolvent. When many customers withdraw their funds then the bank might not be able to meet the withdrawals with the available funds.
This further increases the risk of the bank to default when all the customers withdraw their deposits. This is because the banks hold only little amount as cash in hand while the rest of the bank's wealth is invested in long term assets.
Cash on hand is the most liquid asset. Money in a savings account is a popular liquid asset and is very easy to withdraw and more liquid than a loan to a business.
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