Bailout – government provides funds to keep the bank afloat because it doesn’t have enough assets to cover it’s deposits
The two the FDIC are currently covering actually have enough assets to cover their liabilities, they just don’t have enough *liquid* assets to cover an immediate bank run. Government is just providing access to cash while the longer term bonds mature, but in the end the government doesn’t spend any real money, it just trades cash reserves for assets
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