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Long-Term Capital Management Private Rescue

United States of America · Economy / Stock Market. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1998

William Joseph McDonough23 September 1998

New York · Economy / Stock Market

After concerns that a disorderly collapse of Long-Term Capital Management could destabilise financial markets, the New York Federal Reserve facilitates discussions that lead major private financial firms to recapitalise the hedge fund without Federal Reserve funds.

Names involved

William Joseph McDonough

Provenance

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