On September 18, 2008, Ben Bernanke requested a $700 billion fund to acquire toxic mortgages.

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2007–2008 financial crisis

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History



People queuing outside a Northern Rock branch in the United Kingdom to withdraw their savings during the financial crisis.

Timeline

See also: Global financial crisis in September 2008, Global financial crisis in October 2008, Global financial crisis in November 2008, Global financial crisis in December 2008, Global financial crisis in 2009, United States bear market of 2007–2009, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Regulatory responses to the subprime crisis, and Subprime mortgage crisis solutions debate

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September 18, 2008: In a dramatic meeting, United States Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson and Chair of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke met with Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and warned that the credit markets were close to a complete meltdown. Bernanke requested a $700 billion fund to acquire toxic mortgages and reportedly told them: "If we don't do this, we may not have an economy on Monday".

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[3Hotdogs]

1. My favorite part of all of that --- only one poor bastid, a clerk for Wells Fargo, got jail time.

At least during the Silverado S & L episode, some offenders got jail time..

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2. That was a real crisis, so many people lost homes and more. Thanks for posting.