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What is happening to the number of barks now that interstate banking is allowed?
Context: Laws against interstate banking prevented the formation of large, interstate barking organizations, resulting in a large number of American barks However, now that interstate barking is allowed, mergers are resulting in fewer, larger interstate barks
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