“Who got Fed money during financial crises?”

“A Senate vote Tuesday left no doubt: Congress wants to know more about what the Federal Reserve was up to when its asset portfolio grew by more than $1 trillion during the financial crisis. What companies did the Fed help, and on what terms? The Senate voted 96 to 0 for the Government Accountability Office…

“A Senate vote Tuesday left no doubt: Congress wants to know more about what the Federal Reserve was up to when its asset portfolio grew by more than $1 trillion during the financial crisis.

What companies did the Fed help, and on what terms?

The Senate voted 96 to 0 for the Government Accountability Office to look into those questions by auditing the Fed’s activities since the outbreak of financial turmoil in 2007.” Read more.

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Mark Trumbull
The Christian Science Monitor, May 11, 2010.
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