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office of thrift supervision


Independent bureau within Treasury that regulates all federally chartered and many state-chartered savings and loans/thrift institutions and their holding companies.
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undercapitalized


Condition in which a business does not have enough capital to meet its needs, or to meet its capital requirements if it is a regulated entity.
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write-downs


Reducing the value of an asset as it is carried on a firm's balance sheet because the market value has fallen.
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troubled asset relief program


Government program to address the financial crisis, signed into law in October 2008 to purchase or insure up to $700 billion in assets and equity from financial and other institutions.
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tslf


see Term Securities Lending Facility
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term securities lending facility


Emergency program in which the Federal Reserve made up to $200 billion in Treasury securities available to banks or broker/dealers that traded directly with the Federal Reserve.
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tranche


From the French, meaning a slice; used to refer to the different types of mortgage-backed securities and CDO bonds that provide specified priorities and amounts of returns: "senior" tranches have the highest priority of returns and therefore the lowest risk/interest rate; mezzanine tranches have mid levels of risk/return; and "equity [..]
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talf


see Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility
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tarp


see Troubled Asset Relief Program
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term asset-backed securities loan facility


Federal Reserve program, supported by TARP funds, to aid securitization of asset-based loans such as auto loans, student loans, and small business loans.
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