Central bank will return the money to the Treasury; bank's unconventional efforts to prop up the economy created windfall for the government.
In Crisis, Federal Reserve Records $45 Billion Profit
Neil Irwin, Washington Post
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 10:00am
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