GAO criticizes Treasury for lapses in its oversight of TARP accounts

Neil Barofsky, the TARP special inspector general, tells the Center in an interview that the government has sown the seeds for a future fina

The government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program, established to stabilize weak financial institutions, faces challenges in getting repayments

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New federal rules are on track to oversee bank executives’ pay packages and discourage them from taking unnecessary risks for short-term pay

The government watchdog charged with overseeing the $700 billion bank bailout fund is claiming broad success in cracking down on individual

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For U.S. banks, bigger is still better despite the financial reform law’s attempt to rein in “too big to fail” institutions, a government wa