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Article: Fed Says Bear Assets Now Worth Less.(Market Monitor)(Bear Stearns Companies Inc.)(Federal Reserve Board)(Brief article)
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- American Banker
- Article date:
- January 30, 2009
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Byline: Steven Sloan
The Federal Reserve Board said the assets it absorbed from Bear Stearns Cos. in March have lost more than $3.2 billion of their value.
The assets, originally worth $29 billion, were worth $25.8 billion as of Dec. 31, the Fed said Thursday. The central bank's intervention helped sell Bear Stearns to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Also Thursday, the Fed said borrowing from the discount window rose 3.7% in the past week, to $154.8 billion. Lending to commercial banks jumped 8.6%, to $68.3 billion. Investment bank borrowings dropped 3.3%, to $32.2 billion.
Lending to American International Group Inc. totaled $38.3 billion.
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