Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Financial Crisis to AIG



AIG received an $85 billion emergency loan in September 2008 from the Federal Reserve.which AIG is expected to repay by gradually selling off its assets.In exchange, the Federal government acquired a 79.9% equity stake in AIG.AIG may eventually cost U.S. taxpayers nearly $250 billion, due to its critical position insuring the toxic assets of many large international financial institutions through credit default swaps.

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