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National Institute of Finance
Providing the data and analytic tools needed to safeguard the U.S. financial system
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Is such a large data collection effort feasible?  E-mail
While data volume was once a serious practical concern, the low cost and high performance of modern data processing and storage systems render this concern largely obsolete. The volumes of data handled by the NIF will be comparable to those handled today routinely by existing government agencies such as the National Weather Service.