The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

US law creating the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, also known as the "bank bailout of 2008" or the "Wall Street bailout", was a United States federal law enacted during the Great Recession, which created federal programs to "bail out" failing financial institutions and banks. The…