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  • Fed's Profit from Crisis Loans Is $14 Billion

    08/31/2009 12:53:14 AM PDT · by CutePuppy · 9 replies · 671+ views
    Reuters via CNBC ^ | August 31, 2009 | Reuters
    The Federal Reserve has made $14 billion in profits on loans made in the last two years, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing officials close to the matter. The U.S. central bank also earned about $19 billion from interest and fees charged to institutions that tapped liquidity facilities during the global financial crisis, the report said. If the Fed had invested the same amounted loaned out in three-month Treasury bills since August 2007, it would have earned $5 billion in interest, the FT said. .....