Entries tagged "bank bailouts"
His position as a voting member of the Fed will have troubled institutions taking his opinion into account before asking for more government help.
Pundits and journalist are grousing over the meaning of Treasury's upcoming stress test results for 19 big banks as they continue to debate the merits of nationalization as a remedy to the crisis.
The TARP's special inspector general is investigating AIG's decision pay 100% face value to unwind its derivative positions.
With the big banks sidelined, Wall Street's private partnerships are going on hiring sprees.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that bank failures over the next five years may cost the FDIC $100 billion, meaning healthy banks will foot the bill for the next decade.
