Resolution Funding Corporation

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Resolution Funding Corporation was a U.S. government-created financing vehicle that issued debt to help fund the Resolution Trust Corporation’s cleanup of the savings and loan crisis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf financing vehicle
government-sponsored enterprise
activity funding of Resolution Trust Corporation obligations
issuance of debt securities
associatedWithTimePeriod 1990s
late 1980s
beneficiary Resolution Trust Corporation NERFINISHED
classification off-budget federal entity
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy United States federal government NERFINISHED
createdByStatute FIRREA NERFINISHED
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 NERFINISHED
dateFounded 1989
debtLimitCurrency United States dollar NERFINISHED
financedAmountUpperBound approximately $30 billion in RTC obligations
function to pay interest on REFCORP bonds using contributions from the Federal Home Loan Banks
fundingMechanism issuance of Treasury-backed securities
issuance of long-term bonds
fundingSourceForInterest Federal Home Loan Banks NERFINISHED
governance board of directors
guaranteedBy United States Department of the Treasury NERFINISHED
hasAcronym REFCORP NERFINISHED
hasLiabilitiesType long-term bonds
industry government finance
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction of the United States
legalForm federally chartered corporation
legislativeAuthority Public Law 101-73 NERFINISHED
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
maximumAuthorizedDebt $30 billion
obligationsBackedBy United States government NERFINISHED
oversightBy Federal Housing Finance Board NERFINISHED
United States Department of the Treasury NERFINISHED
partOfProgram U.S. thrift industry resolution framework
primaryObjective to minimize direct budgetary impact of the thrift cleanup on the U.S. federal budget
purpose to help fund the cleanup of the U.S. savings and loan crisis
to provide financing for the Resolution Trust Corporation
relatedTo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NERFINISHED
Federal Home Loan Bank System NERFINISHED
Office of Thrift Supervision NERFINISHED
relatedToAgency Resolution Trust Corporation GENERATED
relatedToEvent U.S. savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and early 1990s NERFINISHED
savings and loan crisis
roleInCrisisManagement financing thrift resolutions
sector financial sector
shortName REFCORP NERFINISHED
status inactive
typeOfDebtIssued non-marketable Treasury-backed securities GENERATED

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Resolution Trust Corporation financedBy Resolution Funding Corporation