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Will the “Bad Bank” Plan Work?

Posted January 30, 2009 by Bernz

As discussions continue in the White House and on Capitol Hill about what the next steps should be in helping banks survive the current economic crisis, one idea that keeps floating to the top is the “bad bank” plan. The Treasury or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation would set up a new bank to buy up all of the so-called “toxic” assets carried by major financial institutions. This would allow all of the other banks to cleanse their balance sheets and give them the liquidity they need to continue operating, according to the theory.

badbank1The “toxic” assets include the bundled derivatives and mortgage-backed securities that got the banks into trouble in the first place. The complexity of the assets became so great that banks, regulators, and auditors were unable to place a value on them as they could no longer be directly tied to individual mortgages. As mortgage failures increased during the recent real estate collapse, the assets’ worth looked dismal. The market for them dried up and banks were left holding the proverbial bag.

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