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What were some positive results of TARP?
Check all of the boxes that apply.
The finance industry was allowed to fail.
Banks and automobile industries survived.
Industries were able to keep their loan money without repaying it.
Lending was able to increase.
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Select the true positives:
- Banks and automobile industries survived. ✓
- TARP provided capital to banks and helped finance the auto rescue, stabilizing those sectors and preventing wider collapses.
- Lending was able to increase. ✓
- By recapitalizing banks and restoring confidence, TARP helped credit markets stabilize and lending recover from crisis lows.
Not true / not a positive result of TARP:
- The finance industry was allowed to fail. ✗
- TARP’s purpose was to prevent large-scale failures, not allow them.
- Industries were able to keep their loan money without repaying it. ✗
- Most TARP recipients repaid the funds (and the government recovered much of the investment); recipients generally did not keep money permanently without repayment.
- Banks and automobile industries survived. ✓
- TARP provided capital to banks and helped finance the auto rescue, stabilizing those sectors and preventing wider collapses.
- Lending was able to increase. ✓
- By recapitalizing banks and restoring confidence, TARP helped credit markets stabilize and lending recover from crisis lows.
Not true / not a positive result of TARP:
- The finance industry was allowed to fail. ✗
- TARP’s purpose was to prevent large-scale failures, not allow them.
- Industries were able to keep their loan money without repaying it. ✗
- Most TARP recipients repaid the funds (and the government recovered much of the investment); recipients generally did not keep money permanently without repayment.
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