Capital Purchase Program

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TARP initiative United States Treasury program financial stabilization program

The Capital Purchase Program was a U.S. Treasury initiative under TARP that injected capital into banks by purchasing preferred stock to stabilize the financial system during the 2008 crisis.

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Label	Occurrences
Capital Purchase Program canonical	6

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	TARP initiative ⓘ United States Treasury program ⓘ financial stabilization program ⓘ
abbreviation	CPP ⓘ
administeredBy	United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
aimedAt	increasing bank lending ⓘ strengthening bank capital ratios ⓘ
announcedBy	Bush administration ⓘ surface form: George W. Bush administration Henry Paulson ⓘ
appliesTo	U.S. banks ⓘ bank holding companies ⓘ certain thrift institutions ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
authorizedUnderProgram	Troubled Asset Relief Program ⓘ
continuedDuring	Barack Obama presidency ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endCause	improvement of financial market conditions after crisis ⓘ
fundingSource	United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ surface form: U.S. Treasury
hasEffect	injection of capital into financial institutions ⓘ
hasPurpose	recapitalization of banks ⓘ restoration of confidence in the banking system ⓘ stabilization of the U.S. financial system ⓘ
historicalPeriod	2008 United States housing and financial crisis ⓘ surface form: Great Recession
implementedDuring	Bush administration ⓘ surface form: George W. Bush presidency
imposesCondition	dividend payment limits on participating institutions ⓘ restrictions on executive compensation for participants ⓘ
inception	2008 ⓘ
industry	financial services ⓘ
investmentInstrument	preferred stock ⓘ warrants for common stock ⓘ
legalBasis	Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ⓘ
mainSubject	2007–2008 financial crisis ⓘ
monitoredBy	Office of Financial Stability (historical) ⓘ surface form: Office of Financial Stability
oversight	Congressional Oversight Panel ⓘ Government Accountability Office ⓘ
parentProgramBudget	700 billion USD ⓘ
partOf	Troubled Asset Relief Program ⓘ
policyType	bank recapitalization policy ⓘ crisis intervention program ⓘ
regulates	capital structure of participating banks ⓘ
relatedTo	Capital Assistance Program ⓘ Public-Private Investment Program ⓘ Federal Reserve emergency lending programs ⓘ surface form: Systemically Significant Failing Institutions Program
sector	banking ⓘ
startTime	October 2008 ⓘ
usesMethod	purchase of equity warrants ⓘ purchase of preferred stock ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Troubled Asset Relief Program → keyProgram → Capital Purchase Program ⓘ

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 → relatedProgram → Capital Purchase Program ⓘ

Public Law 110-343 → relatedProgram → Capital Purchase Program ⓘ

Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program → relatedProgram → Capital Purchase Program ⓘ

Timothy Geithner as United States Secretary of the Treasury → oversawProgram → Capital Purchase Program ⓘ

subject surface form: Timothy Geithner

Targeted Investment Program → relatedTo → Capital Purchase Program ⓘ