Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program—March 2020

Report
United States Department of the Treasury Building, Washington DC

Congress created the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in 2008 to stabilize financial markets. CBO estimates that the TARP’s net cost will be $31 billion—about what it reported last April and slightly less than OMB’s latest estimate.

See previous editions of CBO’s Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program.