Sep 6, 2020

Dick Fuld on the Fed's support of the investment banking industry

[The Fed's creation of a liquidity facility for primary dealers] from my perspective, takes the liquidity issue for the entire industry off the table.

~ Dick Fuld, Chairman, Lehman Brothers, e-mailed statement, March 17, 2008

(Reuters, March 28, 2008: Since Bear was forced to announce plans to sell itself to JPMorgan Chase & Co on March 16, the Federal Reserve has allowed investment banks to borrow directly from the central bank, in a move designed to shore up the financial system.)

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