In the late 1980s bad agriculture, energy, and real estate loans have caused the largest number of bank and savings institution failures since the Depression. Such failures have strained the resources of the deposit-insuring agencies FDIC and FSLIC. This report analyzes the financial resources of these agencies, in view of potential congressional reexamination of their nature.,Financing Capabilities -- Deposit Coverage -- Prospects.,William Jackson, Specialist in Money and Banking, Economics Division.,CRS 87-2 E,"February 16, 1987.",SuDoc# 14. 18/3