Und danach sieht es immer mehr aus:
"Fed Readies A.I.G. Loan of $85 Billion for an 80% Stake"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09….html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Das Bernanke den Zinssatz nicht angerührt hat finde ich außerordentlich sympatisch, da es die richtige Entscheidung ist. Da hat jemand mal nicht auf die Marktstimmen gehört.
EDIT: Jetzt ist es passiert - AIG ist gerettet:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/business/17insure.html?hp
"The decision, only two weeks after the Treasury took over the federally chartered mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is the most radical intervention in private business in the central bank’s history.
Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said Mr. Paulson and Mr. Bernanke had not requested any new legislative authority for the bailout at Tuesday night’s meeting. “The secretary and the chairman of the Fed, two Bush appointees, came down here and said, ‘We’re from the government, we’re here to help them,’ ” Mr. Frank said. “I mean this is one more affirmation that the lack of regulation has caused serious problems. That the private market screwed itself up and they need the government to come help them unscrew it.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quickly criticized the rescue, calling the $85 billion a "staggering sum." Ms. Pelosi said the bailout was "just too enormous for the American people to guarantee." Her comments suggested that the Bush administration and the Fed would face sharp questioning in Congressional hearings. President Bush was briefed earlier in the afternoon.
A major concern is that the A.I.G. rescue won’t be the last. At Tuesday night’s meeting, lawmakers asked if there was any way of knowing if this would be the last major government intervention. Mr. Bernanke and Mr. Paulson said there was not, but that the economic situation would certainly get worse without this bailout."
Mehr muss man glaube ich nicht sagen. Damit hat man mit Fannie & Freddie mal eben 285 Mrd. $ (!) hingeblättert, alle anderen Summen nicht mitgerechnet.
Au revoir...