Meet The New Boss…
This Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will roll out TARP II, the administration's plan for how to spend the second $350 billi … more…
Watchdog: No, Hank, You Didn’t Get a Good Deal for the Taxpayer
9:15 a.m., Feb. 6: This post has been updated.
Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson said last October that the taxpayers shou … more…
Why Did Citi Get Bailout Money Meant For ‘Healthy’ Banks?
There remains an enduring mystery from the government's bank bailout: Why did the initial rescue package last October, designed only … more…
Quick Picks: Treasury Letters and Texas Lobbyists
Quick Picks focuses on a select few of the day's stories from "Breaking on the Web."
We took a break from watching Inauguration … more…
Will Treasury’s Bailout ‘Investment’ Pay Off?
Treasury Department Secretary Hank Paulson is always careful to describe his department's activities as investments rather than spend … more…
Once More into the Breach for Paulson?
Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson is "debating" returning to Congress to ask for a second helping of bailout money, reports the Wall St … more…
Bailout Oversight Chair Promises to Probe Basic Questions
In the past two and a half months since Treasury Department Secretary Hank Paulson first proposed TARP, the massive program to buy tr … more…
Paulson Scraps Original Bailout Plan
When Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson went to Congress in September, he had a clear focus for the $700 billion: the Treasury would buy … more…
Why Did Treasury Allow Lehman to Fail?
Many economists say one of the key triggers for the credit markets’ near collapse was the fall of Lehman Brothers. The government’s c … more…
How Will Treasury Pick the Banks to Save? Just Trust Them
Editor's Note: Thanks to Adam Davidson and the folks at NPR’s Planet Money for working with us on the story.
Over the coming months, … more…
Banks Hoarding Bailout Money
The government’s latest bailout plan is focused on handing banks scads of money so they can start lending again. But as today’s New Y … more…
Gov’t Bailout 2.0 Hands-Off Compared to UK’s
Following the example of Britain, France and Germany, the U.S. government announced a capital-injection program for the nation’s bank … more…
Degrees of Hank Paulson
Bernanke: Gov’t Will Buy Assets Above ‘Fire Sale’ Market Value
As we noted this morning, a big question mark remains on the administration's bailout proposal: how much the government will pay for … more…
Gov’t Bailout: Puzzling Out the Price
In Washington, D.C., the battle is joined. Congress has responded to the Treasury Department's two-page bailout proposal with a slew … more…
Fed Officials and Congress to Hatch Master Rescue Plan
The “biggest intervention in financial markets since the 1930s” is coming. The devil is in the details, to be sure, but one thing … more…
April 23, 2009
BofA Chief: U.S. Urged Silence on Merrill Deal Liz Rappaport, Wall Street Journal ($), April 23, 2009
March 27, 2009
In Depth: Wall Street’s Power Grab Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, March 27, 2009
February 11, 2009
Geithner Plan Follows in Paulson’s Footsteps Neil Irwin, Washington Post, February 11, 2009
January 27, 2009
Paulson’s $140 Billion Tax Windfall for Big Banks Harry Hanbury and Nick Penniman, American News Project, January 27, 2009
January 08, 2009
Paulson: Abolish Fannie, Freddie Zachary A. Goldfarb, Washington Post, January 08, 2009
December 16, 2008
Fed Lent Lehman Unit $87 Billion Post-Collapse Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, December 16, 2008
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