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Section 13(3) of The Federal Reserve Act allows The Fed to lend to anyone under "unusual and exigent circumstances." But this was not a loan. It was a pass-through payment to Goldman Sachs and other banks for credit-default swaps that were in fact functionally worthless, as AIG was func...
15:30 *PAULSON SAYS MARKET TURMOIL WON'T ABATE UNTIL HOUSING REBOUNDS In a similar vein, we are seeing increasing interest in support consumer access to credit. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today announced that TARP is no longer about troubled assets:
Thu, Nov 13 | from Economist's View