One belief of the populist party was?
a. few govt regulations of business
b. the need for higher tariffs to protect american industries
c. the need for coinage of silver money
d. the aggressive expansion of american territory

Gif the public and community loses trust in banks it affects the entire u. s. financial system. in order to keep this type of financial contagion from happening, the fed makes as needed short-term emergency loans, by acting as the lender of last resort. guides and regulates private deposit insurance programs to cover insolvent bank losses. decreases the money supply as acting lender of last resort.