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Fed Purchase of AIG Collateralized Debt Obligations

Date: 
November 10, 2008
Policy Area: 
Economic Target: 
Action Type: 
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.

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.

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