Fed Discloses Details of $3.3 Trillion in Crisis Loans

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released details on $3.3 trillion in emergency loans made during the 2007-2009 financial meltdown, including who borrowed how much and what collateral they put up.

Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke

The findings, published in accordance with a deadline set by a wide-ranging rewrite of U.S. financial rules enacted in July, sheds light on who benefited most from the central bank’s controversial efforts to support financial institutions and credit markets.

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