Download This PaperThe Fed and Lehman Brothers: Introduction and Summary
18 Pages Posted: 18 Jul 2016 Last revised: 25 Sep 2024
Date Written: July 2016
Abstract
Why did the Federal Reserve let Lehman Brothers fail? Fed officials say they lacked the legal authority to rescue the firm, because it did not have adequate collateral to borrow the cash it needed. This paper summarizes a monograph that disputes officials’ claims (Ball, 2016). These claims are incorrect in two senses: a perceived lack of legal authority was not why the Fed did not rescue Lehman; and the Fed did in fact have the authority for a rescue.
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Ball, Laurence M., The Fed and Lehman Brothers: Introduction and Summary (July 2016). NBER Working Paper No. w22410, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2810920
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