Office of Financial Stability (historical)

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The Office of Financial Stability (historical) was a U.S. Treasury Department office created to administer and oversee programs such as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) during the 2008 financial crisis.

Aliases (2)
  • Office of Financial Stability ×2
  • Office of Financial Stability (historically during financial crisis programs) ×1

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Department of the Treasury office
United States federal government office
appliesToJurisdiction United States
country United States of America
createdFor implementation of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
response to the 2008 financial crisis
dissolved after substantial wind-down of TARP programs
employerType public sector
hasCharacteristic special-purpose entity within Treasury
temporary crisis-response office
hasMainResponsibility administration of the Troubled Asset Relief Program
coordination of Treasury responses to systemic financial risk under TARP authorities
execution of capital purchase programs under TARP
implementation of financial stability programs during the 2008 financial crisis
management of TARP investments
monitoring of TARP recipients
oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program
hasTemporalContext 2008 financial crisis
Great Recession
inception 2008
languageOfWork English
legalBasis Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Public Law 110-343
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
manages TARP-related asset purchases and guarantees
monitors use of TARP funds by participating institutions
operatedUnder United States federal law
oversightBy Congress of the United States
Congressional Oversight Panel
Government Accountability Office
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program
parentOrganization United States Department of the Treasury
partOf United States Department of the Treasury
programAdministered TARP Asset Guarantee Program
TARP Automotive Industry Financing Program
TARP Capital Assistance Program
TARP Capital Purchase Program
TARP Home Affordable Modification Program oversight role
TARP Public-Private Investment Program
Troubled Asset Relief Program
purpose protection of U.S. taxpayers’ interests in TARP investments
restoration of market confidence during the 2008 crisis
stabilization of the U.S. financial system
reportsTo Secretary of the Treasury
sector banking
capital markets
financial regulation
startTime 2008

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Troubled Asset Relief Program ("Office of Financial Stability")
administeredBy
Office of Domestic Finance
hasPart
Automotive Industry Financing Program ("Office of Financial Stability")
implementedBy
Under Secretary for Domestic Finance ("Office of Financial Stability (historically during financial crisis programs)")
oversees

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