The $17.4 Billion Dollar Bailout
The $17.4 billion Auto Bailout
GM and Chrysler get $17.4 Billion Bailout
Thesis: Some have even asked the question as to why is the Federal Government giving Gm and Chrysler a 17.4 Billion dollar bailout when so many people are losing their homes?
An emergency loan prevented bankruptcy for two Detroit automakers today, in a 17.4 billion dollar package given to General Motors and Chrysler, the Washington Post reported today.
The Post notes that this is only the beginning of a financial bailout for the troubled automakers, and required significant union concessions and promises of restructuring on the part of the corporations:
But while Bush demanded deep cuts in union wages and benefits and broad corporate restructuring as conditions for the loans, analysts say that the overhaul of the auto industry will require more negotiations, more time and more federal money. “The auto bailout saga does not end here,” Itay Michaeli, a Citigroup analyst, said in a report.
The administration yesterday said it would give GM and Chrysler $13.4 billion immediately and another $4 billion in February if Congress approves and the companies meet targets for extracting concessions from unions and bondholders. The federal assistance will come from the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program and could be exchanged later by the government for as much as a 20 percent stake in the companies.
Ford has rejected such aid for the present.
The George W. Bush administration has granted GM and Chrysler a total of $17.4 billion bailout money. Ford stated that it does not need low0interes funds at this moment. The $17.4 billion relief fund will be split in two payments - $13.4 billion will come in December and January with a further $4 billion coming in February.
The money for GM and Chrysler will come from the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). TARP is a $700 billion fund set up by the U.S. government just for these kind of situations, when an important company finds
GM and Chrysler get $17.4 Billion Bailout
Thesis: Some have even asked the question as to why is the Federal Government giving Gm and Chrysler a 17.4 Billion dollar bailout when so many people are losing their homes?
An emergency loan prevented bankruptcy for two Detroit automakers today, in a 17.4 billion dollar package given to General Motors and Chrysler, the Washington Post reported today.
The Post notes that this is only the beginning of a financial bailout for the troubled automakers, and required significant union concessions and promises of restructuring on the part of the corporations:
But while Bush demanded deep cuts in union wages and benefits and broad corporate restructuring as conditions for the loans, analysts say that the overhaul of the auto industry will require more negotiations, more time and more federal money. “The auto bailout saga does not end here,” Itay Michaeli, a Citigroup analyst, said in a report.
The administration yesterday said it would give GM and Chrysler $13.4 billion immediately and another $4 billion in February if Congress approves and the companies meet targets for extracting concessions from unions and bondholders. The federal assistance will come from the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program and could be exchanged later by the government for as much as a 20 percent stake in the companies.
Ford has rejected such aid for the present.
The George W. Bush administration has granted GM and Chrysler a total of $17.4 billion bailout money. Ford stated that it does not need low0interes funds at this moment. The $17.4 billion relief fund will be split in two payments - $13.4 billion will come in December and January with a further $4 billion coming in February.
The money for GM and Chrysler will come from the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). TARP is a $700 billion fund set up by the U.S. government just for these kind of situations, when an important company finds