Overall $182 Billion Committed to Stabilize AIG during the Financial Crisis Is Now Fully Recovered (U.S. Department of Treasury)

The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve committed a combined total of $182 billion to stabilize AIG. That assistance was a critical part of a broad-based effort to break the back of an historic financial panic and prevent a second Great Depression.

This week the Treasury's offering of $20.7 billion in AIG common stock is an important milestone because not only was the objective of stopping a financial panic accomplished, but the expected proceeds of this offering will also mean that the overall $182 billion commitment made to stabilize AIG is fully recovered.

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