Marginally profiTARPle
9 June 2009

The bailout was meant to restore faith in banks. Yet the state has made a profit on the first $68bn being returned by banks. But those are the portfolio s winners. Net off the losses from the likes of AIG and Citi and the government will struggle to stay in the black overall.
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