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...white-hot argument. Most Wall Streeters agree that a large number of such bonds--amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars, perhaps trillions--are worth far less than their stated, or par, value. How much less is central to resolving the financial crisis. In early February, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he wanted to start a public-private partnership to buy up toxic assets. Banks hold tens of billions of dollars in mortgage bonds, and as the bonds fell in value or were wiped out completely, they erased precious capital the banks need to survive. Geithner and others believe that...
...appears that Geithner went out of his way to get the thoughts of the nation's 8,000 or so small banks. "We found it encouraging that Geithner wanted to know what was important to community banks," says Fine. He says that, since the initial meeting, his staff has had a number of subsequent meetings with Treasury officials...
...unclear, though, whether Fine's special access will translate into financial help. Geithner has said he will spend a certain portion of the remaining $350 billion in the Treasury program formerly known as TARP investing more money in the nation's banks. But he hasn't said whether he intends to use the money to shore up the larger troubled banks or as grants to some smaller banks that don't necessarily need the funds but could use the additional money to make more loans. The government is reportedly in talks with Citigroup to take ownership of as much...
...late-January meeting between Geithner and Fine could signal a change in policy. Some observers say that move would make sense. Bank analyst Meredith Whitney, who recently left Oppenheimer to start her own firm, has said the best plan to restart the financial system would be to give government money to smaller regional banks that could fill the lending void created by the pullback of larger ailing banks...
...clear how much of what Fine discussed with Geithner made its way into the plan that the Treasury Secretary announced in early February. Geithner offered only a broad outline of how he plans to spend the rest of his recovery funds. But community banks were probably pleased by Geithner's proposal to expand the Federal Reserve-funded Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility to commercial-real estate loans as well as consumer credits...