Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008

The Federal Reserve bails out AIG

Credit Writedowns: The Federal Reserve bails out AIG

The Fed has lent to AIG. Thank god. I was thinking that Man U was going to have to change its kit

Posted by edwardnh @ 02:35 AM (447 views) Add Comment

4 Comments

1. renting2 said...

Mixed messages, some to be saved, some not. Is this sustainable in the current climate? Will it encourage failing institutions to hang on in the hope of taxpayer's aid?

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 07:24AM Report Comment
 

2. Lukeskywalker said...

Change its kit... that made me laugh. Still, I'm selling my gold ETF and going back to rolling spread bets after the heads up from someone on this site.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 08:44AM Report Comment
 

3. landofconfusion said...

I think they're trying to send the markets a message: we're not going to bail out everyone, only the big important guys, This makes sense really. Up until this point the markets (and everyone else) thought that the Fed/US government would just keep bailing out regardless of the consequences.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:11AM Report Comment
 

4. icarus said...

The loan is expected to be repaid by the sale of the company's assets. If it's that easy why didn't the Fed do the same for the others? What about the liabilities?

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:01AM Report Comment
 

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