Bank Bailout
High quality essays written by financial and economics experts are presented. Essays discuss the history of bank bailouts in the U.S. dating back to the Great Depression, the current financial crisis, and the efforts of the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve to keep the banking industry solvent. Significant terms, definitions, and economic indicators are also provided.
History of Government Bailouts in the U.S.
Bank failures are fairly common. Since 1934, at least one U.S. bank has failed each year except 2005 and 2006. When a prominent and well-known institution fails or when...
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Current State of Government Bailout Programs
In response to the subprime mortgage crisis, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 was enacted. The act included the Troubled Assets Relief...
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An Overview of Recent Bank Bailouts in the U.S.
The government has stepped in several times since the beginning of 2008 to assist failing financial institutions. In September 2008, the federal government extended $85 billion...
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Editor's Choice
'Too big to fail' means 'too small to matter'.
Hill
The article focuses on the issues concerning the government's move to bailout the major banking sectors in the U.S.
Bank Risk of Failure and the Too-Big-to-Fail Policy.
Economic Quarterly (10697225)
Discusses the bank risk of failure and the policy regarding a government bailout in the U.S. Effect of the expectation of contingent bailouts on the...
GREECE MAY NOT BE THE END OF IT.
Newsweek
This article suggests that a 185-billion-dollar bailout of the Greek government by the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Stop the Bail Outs Now.
Newsweek (Pacific Edition)
The author of the article suggests that the bailouts being given to the U.S. automobile industry and the banking industry may harm the U.S. economy....
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Here Comes Another Third-World Bailout
Human Events
Reports on the approval of the leaders of the Group of Seven nations for a Third World bailout scheme. Estimated cost of the bailout; Purpose of the...
No `special treatment' for banks on fund bailout, thrift group urges
American Banker
Reports on a call by America's Community Bankers' to Congress not to give special treatment to banks in the bailout of the Savings Association...
M&A Talk in Ireland
American Banker
The article discusses the debt crisis in Ireland, bank finance, and aspects of a possible government bailout or nationalization of the country's...
Flushed with cash
Long Island Business News (7/1993 to 5/2009)
The article reports on the announcement by Flushing Financial Corp. in Long Island, New York that it has received $700 billion bailout in 2008. The...
Troubled banks still donate to campaigns
Hill
The article reports on the large contributions of several banks that received government bailout to political campaigns in the U.S.
Germans Back Bank Tax to Pay for Future Bailouts
American Banker
The article states that Germany and France support the idea of a bank tax to cover the cost of future bailouts.
E-Mails Show Treasury Knew Bank Championed by 2 Lawmakers Was Weak
Pro Publica
A blog on providing 12 million dollars bailout to OneUnited bank by the U.S. Department of Treasury is presented.
Editors' Note
Mother Jones
This article introduces the issue with a discussion of the bailouts of U.S. automakers and banks during the 2008 recession as they relate to...
WORLD BANG
New Republic
Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "Baker's Bank Bailout," by Jeffrey Sachs in the November 14, 1988 issue.
Reforms in danger?
Treasury & Risk Management
Reports that Venezuelan President Rafael Caldera suspended constitutional economic guarantees in a bid to overcome financial scandal and a bailout of...
As banks repay loans, Treasury to ask how bailout money spent
Hill
The article reports on the investigation of the U.S. Department of the Treasury on how the bailout money was spent by the individual banks.
Germany Details New Resolution Powers
American Banker
Brief information is given about a law in Germany for restructuring lenders and avoiding bank bailouts.
Too Big to Fail: The Hazards of Bank Bailouts
Region (10453369)
Reviews the book "Too Big to Fail: The Hazards of Bank Bailouts," by Gary H. Stern and Ron J. Feldman.
Too Big to Fail
Region (10453369)
Presents excerpts from the book "Too Big to Fail: The Hazards of Bank Bailouts," by Gary H. Stern and Ron J. Feldman.
'Too big to fail' means 'too small to matter'
Hill
The article focuses on the issues concerning the government's move to bailout the major banking sectors in the U.S.
Bailout (Book)
Library Journal
Reviews the book 'Bailout: an insider's account of bank failures and rescues,' by Irvine H. Sprague.
Bank Bailout Articles A-Z
- 'Shock and awe Part 2 and in 3-D'
- 'Tequila Effect' Finally Fading
- 'Too big to fail' means 'too small to matter'
- After baptism by fire, Worthen's Bradbury faces another test
- An Open Letter To Mr. And Ms. American Taxpayer
- Are Agencies Setting Up a Citi Sequel?
- As banks repay loans, Treasury to ask how bailout money spent
- as City's top firms mop up the banking mess
- Ashikaga Implodes
- Back to the table for the bailout bunch
- Bailing Out More Than Just Greece
- Bailout (Book)
- Bailout Doesn't Clear Uncertainty in the Market Moves
- Bailout formula may be dropped from home loan bank bill
- Bailout levy hits home for congressional backers of banks with S&L deposits
- Bailout plan includes selling off UB assets
- Bailout
- Ballout Nation (Special Section)
- BANCRECER AUCTION
- Bank Risk of Failure and the Too-Big-to-Fail Policy
- Bank Stocks Plunge in Dismal Trading
- Bank-insurance battle set to erupt
- Bankers On The Hot Seat
- Banking is too important to be left to greedy and reckless bankers
- Banking on change
- Banking Stocks Erase Lion's Share Of Monday Losses
- Banks agree to bailout plan for Canary Wharf that creditors must OK
- Banks left hanging by budget impasse
- Banks opting for TARP
- Banks that got billions spend millions to lobby
- Banks with thrift deposits gaining allies on the Hill
- Banks with thrift deposits rebuffed in bid to pay smaller share of bailout
- Behind Administration Spin: Bailout Still $123 Billion in the Red
- Big boys take small banks' TARP bucks
- Big U.S. banks reap Asia bailout bucks
- Budget battle
- BUSINESS PRESS POLL
- Catch 22: Aid gave GMAC funds but curbs loans to GM
- CDCU View
- Chain gang
- chapter 4: Special Report
- Chrysler Continued
- Citibank and Mexico Clash over Debt Repayment
- Columbia Gets Out from Tarp
- Commercial property part of US bank bailout
- Conventional Wisdom
- Corporate Welfare Policy and the Welfare State: Bank Deregulation and the Savings and Loan Bailout (Book)
- CORRESPONDENCE
- Cosmo bailout highlights Japan's bad-loan problem
- Could Rescue Open Door To CU Taxation Debate?
- Crisis pits fairness against urgency
- Crisis? What Crisis? Average Bank Pay Kept Rising at the Same Rate
- Current Events
- Dear Wall Street: you've got bail!
- Death By Rescue
- Despite Extra Help, Weakest Bailed-Out Bank Is Still Among the Worst
- Deutsche Bank Chief Urges Exit Strategy
- Dimon: Europe Must Deal with Debt Now
- Divisive plan on bailout bond interest is dropped from Home Loan Bank bill
- Do extra dollars make sense?
- Don't give up on Japan
- Downturn Had No Effect On Bank Salaries
- E-Mails Show Treasury Knew Bank Championed by 2 Lawmakers Was Weak
- Economic Overview
- Economic Structure and Context: Monetary System
- Editors' Note
- Emergency Planning
- Emigrant Mulls Selling Its Online Unit or Branches
- European Banks Ready to Aid Greece
- Eyeing economic reality
- FAILED BANKS, BAILOUTS, AND FEDERAL POLICY
- Feature Analysis: UK government bank bail-out: damned if they do, damned if they don't
- Fed Ordered to Release Bank Bailout Records
- Financial Lobbyists Face A Less Forgiving Capital
- Financial markets crash, get bailed out
- Financial modernization: Maybe Congress will just let it happen
- Flushed with cash
- For Small Banks, Treatment Of Developer Loans Is Key
- Geithner Urges Banks to Boost Lending
- German Leader Seeks Big-Bank Tax
- Germans Back Bank Tax to Pay for Future Bailouts
- Germany Details New Resolution Powers
- Germany, U.K. Link Up on Bank Tax
- Give Us All Your Money
- GM and Chrysler may get new bailout deal
- Gov't Report: 66 Struggling Banks Got Bailout Money Through 'Healthy' Bank Program
- GREECE MAY NOT BE THE END OF IT
- Gumption to Organize?
- HARD NUMBERS
- Here Comes Another Third-World Bailout
- Hitting a Wall Street
- Holzmann files for insolvency
- How about a blockbuster bailout?
- IMF bailouts, contagion effects, and bank security returns
- IN THE MARKETS
- Infusions May Spur M&A in A Calif. Niche
- INSIDE THE BANK JOB
- Is deposit insurance the bankers' Faustian bargain?
- Japan Bails Out Resona Bank
- Japan's Bank Bailout: Just a Start
- JP Morgan Change
- JPM Chase Sees Thaw; Dicey Loans Have Tripled
- K.C. Fed Chief Endorses Volcker Rule
- KKR Said Eyeing ING Web Bank Stake
- Kocherlakota: Crises, Bailouts Happen
- Lack of ideas for long-term recovery
- Let banks out of bailout
- Life and Death in the Econ E.R
- LOAN RANGERS
- Local economists, stateside analysts weigh-in on proposed bailout plan
- M&A Talk in Ireland
- Market, not bailouts, should stimulate refinancings
- Marrying for money
- Meanwhile, banks yield 8.5% return
- Measure on overhauling Home Loan Bank System is revived in the House
- Mexican bank reform
- Mexican Regulator Joins Citi
- Momentum Is Beginning To Build For CU-Specific Bailout
- Money on the Bears
- Moral hazard exists
- More Banks Fail to Pay Tarp Dividends
- Morgan Stanley's Banking Chief Crossing the Line
- Mortgage companies in big trouble
- Move Your Municipal Money
- Museum, Banks Settle
- N.Y. Fed May Mandate Loan Buybacks
- N.Y. Fed May Sell AIG Bonds for $15B
- Narrow Approach Needed for Rescue
- New FDIC Definition Of 'Minority-Owned'
- New Powers Mean New Questions For FDIC
- No `special treatment' for banks on fund bailout, thrift group urges
- No local impact felt from RBS, UBS bailouts
- NPL Auction Market Going Nowhere Fast
- ON MARGIN
- Pakistan
- Parsons: Citi Won't Get Another Bailout
- Paul Kiel and Karen Weise Discuss the Stars and Slackers of the Bailout
- Portugal requests bailout. Will Europe's debt crisis stop there?
- Pressure to Sell Grows for Banks with Bailout Debts
- Prince sees AIG as symbol of Wall Street
- Problem banks paying back government loans...with interest
- Quotable
- Reforms in danger?
- Regulations driving thrifts to become mortgage banks
- Rescue for an HMO
- Salvaging the Banking System
- SBLF Loans Help Two Banks to Exit Tarp
- Senseless consensus
- Skeena bailout approved by workers
- Small banks line up for bailout money to help small businesses
- Some banks with S&L deposits backing rescue of thrift fund
- Specter of credit crunch is appearing over the world, U.S. economies
- Stop the Bail Outs Now
- Substitute Tax Holiday for Auto Bailout
- Superior question: What part did Pritzkers play?
- Surplus Is Helping To Ease Bailout Pain For Rhode Islanders
- Tarp, Phase 2: Dealing with The Baggage
- Taxpayers beware: Mellon's takeover of Dreyfus paves a highway straight to the next bailout
- TBTF: GOP's Fig Leaf on Reg Reform?
- The $55 billion bank-bailout scandal
- The 'B' Word: Tackling Tarp's Image Problem
- THE BIG ISSUE
- The biggest Oakar bank isn't really a bank at all
- The GOP's point man on reform
- The Many Cozy Relationships Of Bond Insurers
- The region: Taiwan
- The Stats Show Moynihan Is Delivering
- Throwing brickbats at the BIF-bashers
- Too big to fail, the banks are now too powerful to constrain
- Too Big to Fail
- TOO BIG TO FAIL
- Too Big to Fail: The Hazards of Bank Bailouts
- Too Big To Fail: The Hazards of Bank Bailouts
- Too much exposure
- Treasury to Nominate Bank Directors
- Trichet Warns of Risks with Bank Taxes
- Troubled banks still donate to campaigns
- Two Small Banks Repay Tarp Funds
- U.K. Official Optimistic About Bank Tax
- U.S. Bore AIG Bailout Risk, but Foreign Banks Reaped the Rewards, Says Watchdog
- UK government bank bail-out: damned if they do, damned if they don't
- Upstairs, Downstairs
- Using the Bailout to Address the Residential Mortgage Crisis
- Wall Street withering
- Wanted: Market discipline in deposit insurance
- Weak internal controls batter Metallgesellschaft
- Wells Watch: Capital Eyed As Wachovia Losses Loom
- Will Resona spark a buyout spree?
- Will Serfin fly again?
- With friends like these, who needs loan officers?
- WORLD BANG
- World fund tested by Asia crisis
- Worse than a Bailout--a Blunder
