US Department of the Treasury

US government to own 36% of Citigroup

The US government's stake in Citigroup will swell to at least 36% through the conversion of just under half of its existing preferred share holdings, the ailing financial group and the US Treasury have confirmed.

Tarp runs out at last

Funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (Tarp) have finally been exhausted, following three months of capital injections and loan facilities extended to a variety of institutions.

Treasury and Fed help AIG lay-off CDO risk

AIG was shored up by a restructuring plan hammered out by the US Treasury and Federal Reserve Bank of New York today, which involved the creation of an off-balance-sheet vehicle to neutralise some of the insurer’s hefty collateralised debt obligation …

Hammer time

The approval by the US Congress of a $700 billion rescue package in October has paved the way for the US Treasury to purchase illiquid assets from banks' balance sheets. The question is: how will these assets be valued? In this month's Class Notes…

Fed asks Treasury for supplementary funding

The US Treasury department is creating a temporary supplementary funding programme at the request of the Federal Reserve. The initiative has been devised to manage the balance-sheet impact of the Fed’s lending and liquidity operations, and ensure it can…

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