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Busey's chairman confident about banks' overall health

By Don Dodson
Thursday October 9, 2008

Don Dodson

Busey Bank Chairman Van Dukeman discusses the condition of U.S. banks Wednesday at an Exchange Club of Urbana luncheon.

URBANA – Busey Bank Chairman Van Dukeman says he believes the current financial situation is closer to the savings-and-loan crisis of the late 1980s and early '90s than it is to the Great Depression.

But increased public awareness of markets has made the situation seem worse, he said.

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