Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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President would tap NY Fed chief under Dodd bill

Reuters US Online Report Business News 3 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Federal Reserve Bank's president would become a political appointee and bank chiefs like JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon could no longer sit on the board of their regulator under a proposal unveiled by the head of ...

New York Fed says to expand firms for reverse repos

Reuters US Online Report Business News 10 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is taking an additional measure to lay the groundwork to drain excess bank reserves, as it seeks to remove some of the $1 trillion in cash it injected during the global credit crisis. The ...

AIG to get $231M if sale of Asian unit crumbles

AP News 12 days ago

AIG to receive $231M termination fee if sale of Asian life insurance unit to Prudential fails American International Group Inc. will receive a termination fee of $230.6 million if the sale of its Asian life insurance business to Britain's Prudential PLC falls ...

AIG to sell Asian life insurer to repay bailouts

AP News 17 days ago

With sale of Asia-based life insurer, AIG moves $35.5B closer to repaying its $130B bailout American International Group Inc. is selling a cornerstone of its business, Asia-based life insurer AIA Group, in a government-approved $35.5 billion deal. The sale to British insurer ...

AIG gives Fed equity stakes for 25 billion dollars in debt

AFP Global Edition 23 days ago

<div><p>Bailed-out US insurance giant AIG said Tuesday it had given an equity stake in two subsidiaries to the Federal Reserve in a move to cut its debt to the central bank by 25 billion dollars.</p><p>American International Group said it had transferred ownership ...

AIG gives Fed equity stakes for $25 bln in debt

AFP Global Edition 23 days ago

<div><p>Bailed-out US insurance giant AIG said Tuesday it had given an equity stake in two subsidiaries to the Federal Reserve in a move to cut its debt to the central bank by 25 billion dollars.</p><p>American International Group said it had transferred ownership ...

Geithner: Can shift "substantial" bailout funds to jobs

Reuters US Online Report Business News 23 days ago

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration can shift "substantial" resources from bank bailouts to job creation and will soon spell out the case for doing so, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday.</p><p>Interviewed on Bloomberg television's "Political Capital with Al Hunt," Geithner ...

DOWN AND UP AT AIG

BusinessWeek 23 days ago

<div><h1>DOWN AND UP AT AIG </h1><p>There's no rest for the weary at American International Group. On Nov. 30 a report by research firm Sanford C. Bernstein spotlighted a shortfall of $11.9 billion in reserves at AIG's property and casualty operations. That knocked ...

Fears over bank reserves overblown: Fed paper

Reuters US Online Report Business News 23 days ago

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Concerns over the surge in excess reserves in the U.S. banking system and its potential to fire up inflation are "largely unwarranted," according to two New York Federal Reserve economists.</p><p>The jump in excess reserves, or the amount of ...

TIM GEITHNER IS STARTING TO SEE DAYLIGHT

BusinessWeek 23 days ago

<div><h1>TIM GEITHNER IS STARTING TO SEE DAYLIGHT </h1><p>While the Troubled Asset Relief Program is winding down, it will still be used to aid small banks. On Dec. 9, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner exercised his option to extend the TARP bailout program until ...

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