In the financial crisis in 2008,the Federal government created the ________,to purchase financial assets that were thought to be temporarily undervalued,preventing further financial panic.

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The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was created by the Federal government in response to the financial crisis in 2008. Its main purpose was to purchase financial assets that were thought to be temporarily undervalued, in order to prevent further financial panic. The other options listed (Federal Home Loan Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Bank Insurance Fund) were all pre-existing government bodies that played different roles in the financial industry, but were not specifically created in response to the 2008 crisis.

In the Financial Crisis in 2008,the Federal Government Created the ________,To