Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet

Congressional reports and other resources

Reports Pursuant to Section 129 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

• Secured Credit Facility Authorized for American International Group, Inc., on September 16, 2008 (44 KB PDF)
• Restructuring of the Government's Financial Support to American International Group, Inc., on November 10, 2008 (54 KB PDF)
• Restructuring of the Government's Financial Support to American International Group, Inc., on March 2, 2009 (367 KB PDF)

• Authorization to Provide Residual Financing to Bank of America Corporation Relating to a Designated Asset Pool (144 KB PDF)

• Loan To Facilitate the Acquisition of The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (34 KB PDF)
• Bridge Loan to The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. Through JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (24 KB PDF)

• Authorization to Provide Residual Financing to Citigroup, Inc., for a Designated Asset Pool (176 KB PDF)

• Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (38 KB PDF)
• Commercial Paper Funding Facility (47 KB PDF)
• Money Market Investor Funding Facility (30 KB PDF)
• Primary Dealer Credit Facility and Other Credit for Broker-Dealers (47 KB PDF)
• Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (255 KB PDF)
• Term Securities Lending Facility (53 KB PDF)

• December 29, 2008 (59 KB PDF)
• February 25, 2009 (68 KB PDF)
• April 27, 2009 (112 KB PDF)

Letters from the U.S. Department of the Treasury

• Letter regarding Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Chase & Co., March 17, 2008 (37 KB PDF)
• Letter regarding AIG, October 8, 2008 (23 KB PDF)
• Letter regarding Bank of America Corporation, January 15, 2009 (37 KB PDF)
• Letter regarding Citigroup, January 15, 2009 (32 KB PDF)

Related Speeches and Testimony

• The Crisis and the Policy Response
  Speech by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, January 13, 2009
• Federal Reserve Policies to Ease Credit and Their Implications for the Fed's Balance Sheet
  Speech by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, February 18, 2009
• Federal Reserve programs to strengthen credit markets and the economy
  Testimony by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, February 10, 2009
• American International Group
  Testimony by Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn, March 5, 2009
• American International Group
  Testimony by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, March 24, 2009
• The Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet
  Speech by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, April 3, 2009

Other Resources

• Employ American Workers Act: frequently asked questions (60 KB PDF)
• Factors Affecting Reserve Balances
• Federal Open Market Committee advanced search
• Federal Open Market Committee meetings, calendars, and minutes
• Forms of Federal Reserve lending to financial institutions (229 KB PDF)
• Information regarding recent Federal Reserve actions
• Monetary Policy Reports to the Congress  
• Oversight of the Federal Reserve System  

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