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from Rolfe Winkler:
Sheila throws GMAC a bone
GMAC sold more FDIC-backed debt today... (Reuters)
General Motors Acceptance Corp on Wednesday sold $2.9 billion in three-year government-guaranteed notes, according to a market source familiar with the sale. The 1.75 percent notes were priced at 99.991 to yield 1.753 percent, or 31.6 basis points over comparable U.S. Treasuries.
The notes are guaranteed under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp's temporary liquidity guarantee program.
GMAC has permission to sell up to $7.4 billion of FDIC-backed debt, in addition to the $12.5 billion of TARP money already received and the $2.8-$5.6 billion of additional TARP cash they're negotiating for.
In exchange for upping GMAC's TLGP allowance, Sheila Bair supposedly extracted concessions on the interest rates GMAC will be able to advertise for deposits.
from Rolfe Winkler:
GMAC: bottomless pit watch
The government has already poured $12.5 billion into GMAC since last December, and now the company is negotiating for $2.8-$5.6 billion more. Oh, and FDIC will allow the company to max out its borrowing capacity under TLGP, bringing the total there to $7.4 billion.
Yet another argument against those who say we "made money" on TARP because Goldman, AmEx and a few others bought back their warrants at a small premium. All the profits from those warrants wouldn't add up to the amount we've already poured into GMAC, never mind this latest infusion. There's also the small matter of $100 billion+ we're never getting back from AIG....
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