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To: tejek who wrote (545616)1/22/2010 7:42:09 PM
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AIG, autos offset Treasury bank bailout profits
WASHINGTON
Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:16pm EST
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* RPT-FACTBOX-U.S. bailout losses $42 bln in first year
Thu, Dec 10 2009

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. taxpayer profits from bank bailout investments are being offset by estimated losses from American International Group and automakers and mortgage payment cuts for struggling homeowners, a U.S. Treasury report showed on Monday.

The Treasury estimated net losses on its $700 billion bailout program at $68.5 billion for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009.

The December report for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, showed that the fiscal 2009 net loss included estimated losses of $30.4 billion for AIG and $30.4 billion for automakers, with $27.1 billion in losses from the Home Affordable Modification Program.

These were much larger than a $15 billion profit registered from the Capital Purchase Program for banks and $4.4 billion in profits from other bank investments, asset guarantee and lending programs...

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