Crisis and Response: An FDIC History, 2008–2013: Recent Episodes
FDIC
Go behind the scenes with FDIC officials as they discuss their decision-making strategies and actions during the 2008 to 2013 banking and financial crisis. This seven-episode podcast series features discussions about the book 'Crisis and Response: An FDIC History, 2008–2013', which examines the FDIC’s response to the crisis, contributes to an understanding of what occurred, and shares lessons from the agency’s experience.
FDIC officials describe how the FDIC finances it’s mission to protect insured depositors and resolve failed banks through the Deposit Insurance Fund. They also talk about the challenges to the Fund during the crisis and post-crisis reforms to strengthen the Fund.
FDIC officials describe how the FDIC handled the 489 banks closed during the banking crisis.
Learn about the FDIC, its functions and its history, and how the FDIC’s diverse combination of authorities allowed it to play a unique role during the crisis years.
Learn how the systemic risk exception was used during the financial crisis for three of the nation’s four largest banks to help stabilize financial markets.
Learn how the FDIC used the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, or TLGP, to respond to the system-wide problems of the financial crisis.
How did the U.S. financial system move so quickly from apparent prosperity and growth to a breakdown that brought the system to a standstill?