Expanding the Federal Safety Net: The Bear Stearns Bailout and Other Actions of the Federal Reserve in Support of U.S. Financial Markets

Fein, Melanie

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1647098

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Expanding the Federal Safety Net: The Bear Stearns Bailout and Other Actions of the Federal Reserve in Support of U.S. Financial Markets

Melanie L. Fein

Fein Law Offices

May 2008

Abstract:
This paper examines the legal basis for the Federal Reserve Board's actions relating to the acquisition of Bear Stearns by J.P. Morgan in March of 2008 and other measures taken by the Board to support the U.S. financial system at that time.

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Keywords: Bear Stearns, J.P. Morgan, Federal Reserve, section 13(3), federal safety net, Federal Reserve Act, liquidity facility

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Date posted: July 23, 2010 ; Last revised: August 23, 2010

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Fein, Melanie L. , Expanding the Federal Safety Net: The Bear Stearns Bailout and Other Actions of the Federal Reserve in Support of U.S. Financial Markets (May 2008). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1647098 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1647098

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