Posted on March 23, 2009 at 12:12 in Editors Pick by David AranzabalNo Comments »

Treasury Announces $1 Trillion Plan to Buy Banks’ Bad Debt

The Obama administration unveiled its long-awaited plan to remove toxic assets from the books of the nation’s banks, betting that it can revive the U.S. financial system without resorting to outright nationalization.

The plan is aimed at financing as much as $1 trillion in purchases of illiquid real-estate assets, using $75 billion to $100 billion of the Treasury’s remaining bank-rescue funds. The Public-Private Investment Program will also rely on Federal Reserve financing and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. debt guarantees, the Treasury said in a statement in Washington.

Source: Bloomberg

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