Topic: The banking industry crisis, bailout of commercial and investment banks

Writean analysis of 1 of the following corrective actions taken by the Federal Reserve as a result of the crisis:

• Quantitative easing
• Purchase of toxic assets from financial institutions
• Paying interest on reserve balances

Address the following in your analysis:

• Actions taken by the Federal Reserve to mitigate the crisis
• How the corrective action helped to restore stability to the financial system
• How the corrective action should prevent recurrence of a similar crisis