Bailed Out Banks Reduced Lending

Most Bailed Out Banks Reduced Lending Since Getting Funds - The Huffington Post, 04/20/09
Lending at the biggest U.S. banks has fallen more sharply than realized, despite government efforts to pump billions of dollars into the financial sector. According to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Treasury Department data, the biggest recipients of taxpayer aid made or refinanced 23% less in new loans in February, the latest available data, than in October, the month the Treasury kicked off the Troubled Asset Relief Program (more)