Fed Purchase of AIG Collateralized Debt Obligations
Date:
November 10, 2008
Policy Area:
Financial Sector Policy
Economic Target:
AIG
Action Type:
Equity Purchase
Maximum Amount:
$30.00 billion
Amount Spent:
$0.02 billion Federal Reserve agreed to provide $30 billion in loans to a limited liability company, 'Maiden Lane III,' formed to purchase collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) for which AIG had written credit-default swap contracts.
Source:
Notes:
Amount spent represents loan outstanding as of 1/16/2013 (http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h41/Current/). Activities of the Federal Reserve are not directly recorded in the federal budget. However, each year the Federal Reserve remits a portion of its earnings to the general treasury. This remittance is generally in the range of $20-$30 billion per year, but the CBO estimates that the Fed's earnings will be lower by approximately $90 billion over the next ten years.