Government Bailout

Government Bailout
Author: Adelaide D. Lefebvre
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Incorporated
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2010
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781607415688

The Troubled Asset Relief Program ("TARP") represents a massive and unprecedented investment of taxpayer money designed to stabilise the financial industry and promote economic recovery. The long-term success of the program is not assured. Success -- or failure -- will depend on whether the Department of the Treasury has spent, and will spend in the future, that massive investment wisely and efficiently to attain the program's goals. While it is too early to draw any conclusions on that ultimate issue, this assessment must necessarily begin with an understanding of what the Treasury has done thus far. The goal of this book is to present a ready reference on what TARP is and how it has been used, at least for the first $350 billion authorised as of January 23, 2009. This book consists of public domain documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.

Bailout

Bailout
Author: Neil Barofsky
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2013-02-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1451684959

Includes a new foreword to the paperback edition.

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report
Author: Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Total Pages: 692
Release: 2011-05-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1616405414

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, published by the U.S. Government and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in early 2011, is the official government report on the United States financial collapse and the review of major financial institutions that bankrupted and failed, or would have without help from the government. The commission and the report were implemented after Congress passed an act in 2009 to review and prevent fraudulent activity. The report details, among other things, the periods before, during, and after the crisis, what led up to it, and analyses of subprime mortgage lending, credit expansion and banking policies, the collapse of companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the federal bailouts of Lehman and AIG. It also discusses the aftermath of the fallout and our current state. This report should be of interest to anyone concerned about the financial situation in the U.S. and around the world.THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION is an independent, bi-partisan, government-appointed panel of 10 people that was created to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States." It was established as part of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. The commission consisted of private citizens with expertise in economics and finance, banking, housing, market regulation, and consumer protection. They examined and reported on "the collapse of major financial institutions that failed or would have failed if not for exceptional assistance from the government."News Dissector DANNY SCHECHTER is a journalist, blogger and filmmaker. He has been reporting on economic crises since the 1980's when he was with ABC News. His film In Debt We Trust warned of the economic meltdown in 2006. He has since written three books on the subject including Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books, 2008), and The Crime Of Our Time: Why Wall Street Is Not Too Big to Jail (Disinfo Books, 2011), a companion to his latest film Plunder The Crime Of Our Time. He can be reached online at www.newsdissector.com.

TARP and other Bank Bailouts and Bail-Ins around the World

TARP and other Bank Bailouts and Bail-Ins around the World
Author: Allen N. Berger
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2020-06-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0128138645

Financial crises are recurring phenomena that result in the financial distress of systemically important banks, making it imperative to understand how to best respond to such crises and their consequences. Two policy responses became prominent for dealing with these distressed institutions since the last Global Financial Crisis: bailouts and bail-ins. The main questions surrounding these responses touch everyone: Are bailouts or bail-ins good for the financial system and the real economy? Is it essential to save distressed financial institutions by putting taxpayer money at risk in bailouts, or is it better to use private money in bail-ins instead? Are there better options, such as first lines of defense that help prevent such distress in the first place? Can countercyclical prudential and monetary policies lessen the likelihood and severity of the financial crises that often bring about this distress? Through careful analysis, authors Berger and Roman review and critically assess the extant theoretical and empirical research on many resolution approaches and tools. Placing special emphasis on lessons learned from one of the biggest bailouts of all time, the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), while also reviewing other programs and tools, TARP and Other Bank Bailouts and Bail-Ins around the World sheds light on how best to protect the financial system on Wall Street and the real economy on Main Street.

Rebuilding the Global Economy

Rebuilding the Global Economy
Author: Adam S. Posen
Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economics
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2021-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0881327433

A special series outlining policy priorities and solutions in 2021 by the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

The Global Financial Crisis

The Global Financial Crisis
Author: Dick K. Nanto
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1437919847

Contents: (1) Recent Developments and Analysis; (2) The Global Financial Crisis and U.S. Interests: Policy; Four Phases of the Global Financial Crisis; (3) New Challenges and Policy in Managing Financial Risk; (4) Origins, Contagion, and Risk; (5) Effects on Emerging Markets: Latin America; Russia and the Financial Crisis; (6) Effects on Europe and The European Response: The ¿European Framework for Action¿; The British Rescue Plan; Collapse of Iceland¿s Banking Sector; (7) Impact on Asia and the Asian Response: Asian Reserves and Their Impact; National Responses; (8) International Policy Issues: Bretton Woods II; G-20 Meetings; The International Monetary Fund; Changes in U.S. Reg¿s. and Regulatory Structure; (9) Legislation.

Small Business Lending Fund

Small Business Lending Fund
Author: Joshua A. Bell
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Bank loans
ISBN: 9781622572120

This book examines the Small Business Lending Fund, with a focus on the supply and demand for small business loans. Congressional interest in small businesses reflects, in part, concerns about economic growth and unemployment. Small businesses, defined as having fewer than 500 employees, have played an important role in net employment growth during previous economic recoveries. However, recent data show that net employment growth at small businesses is not increasing at the same rate as in previous economic recoveries. Some have argued that current economic conditions make it imperative that the federal government provide additional resources to assist small businesses in acquiring capital necessary to start, continue, or expand operations and create jobs. Others worry about the long-term adverse economic effects of spending programs that increase the federal deficit.

Crisis and Response

Crisis and Response
Author: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9780966180817

Crisis and Response: An FDIC History, 2008¿2013 reviews the experience of the FDIC during a period in which the agency was confronted with two interconnected and overlapping crises¿first, the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009, and second, a banking crisis that began in 2008 and continued until 2013. The history examines the FDIC¿s response, contributes to an understanding of what occurred, and shares lessons from the agency¿s experience.

Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program

Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program
Author: Avi Lerner
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2010-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1437931197

In Oct. 2008, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 established the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which authorizes the Dept. of the Treasury to purchase or insure troubled assets as a way to promote stability in financial markets. This report on the TARP¿s transactions follows the report that the Office of Mgmt. and Budget (OMB) submitted on Feb. 1, 2010. Contents: (1) Transactions of the TARP: Capital Purchases and Other Support for Financial Institutions; Financial Assistance to Automobile Manufacturers and Related Businesses; Investment Partnerships; Grants to Mitigate Foreclosures; (2) Pending TARP Transactions; (3) Comparison of CBO¿s and OMB¿s Estimates; (4) Changes from CBO¿s January Estimates. Charts and tables.

Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
Author: Avi Lerner
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2010-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1437931596

In October 2008, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 established the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which authorizes the Department of the Treasury to purchase or insure troubled assets as a way to promote stability in financial markets. Section 202 of that legislation requires a report on those transactions This is the third statutory report on TARP¿s transactions. Charts and tables.