By early October,Congress passed the Troubled Asset Relief Program, a rescue plan for the financial system.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

"So you can probably say that there is not much of a problem of the asset side in the Asian banking system."

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

Banks that received money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program reaped unexpected profits and repaid billions in loans, resulting in a record for the Federal Reserve.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

"So typically we report those positions, tell them what we see, that it could possibly be seaweed, and they can vector a surface asset to confirm."

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

Coming after a week of almost-universally upbeat economic data that buoyed U.S.markets, Wednesday's more-somber news is a reality-check, according to Alan Brown of Schroders, an asset management company.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

The treasury secretary faced some skepticism from some members of the panel as he gave a progress report on his oversight of the $700-billion effort, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or "TARP."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20