Wall Street Journal: Real Time Economics: an interactive graphic that will mark the expansion of the central bank’s balance sheet; updated every Thursday
Tool
[9.18.09]
[6.8.09]
Credit Easing Policy Tools
Multiple graphic representations of assets on the Federal Reserve's balance sheet
[5.29.09]
Feds to the Rescue
Graphic representation of the size of bailout and stimulus packages compared to other actions by the Federal Reserve to prop up the financial system
[5.17.09]
Bailout Bank Biographies
Taxpayers for Common Sense: A compilation of concise "bank biographies" from publicly available disclosure documents housed across the government.
[5.8.09]
Mapping Geographic Impact of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
Map of TARP recipients that accounts for banking activity (not just bank headquarters)
[5.7.09]
The List
Columbia Journalism Review: a comprehensive catalog of relevant stories produced by major business-news outlets on the lending industry and Wall Street during the run-up to the mortgage crisis
[4.27.09]
Geithner's Calendar at the New York Fed
Browse Secretary Geithner's calendar from his time as the head of the New York Fed
[4.7.09]
Failing the Bailout: Lessons for Obama From Bush’s Failures on TARP
US PIRG: Analysis of the bailout and proposal of a "TARP scorecard"
About Bailout Watch:
Bailout Watch is the cooperative project of six core organizations: Center for Economic and Policy Research, Economic Policy Institute, OMB Watch, OpenTheGovernment.org, Project on Government Oversight (POGO), Taxpayers for Common Sense. The site is now maintained by OMB Watch as a repository for major reports on TARP and the economic bailout.
With additional support and participation by: Americans for Tax Reform, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), Center for American Progress, Center for Community Change, Center for Responsible Lending, Columbia Journalism Review, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Common Cause, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Fund for Constitutional Government, Good Jobs First, Institute for Policy Studies, Jobs with Justice, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, National Taxpayers Union, ProPublica, Public Citizen, Sunlight Foundation, US PIRG
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