I asked that the AIG-FP payments be stopped but was informed that they were mandated by contracts agreed to before the government's intervention. I then asked that suit be filed to prevent the payments.
Covers 370 Japanese financial institutions (consisting of major banks, regional banks, and shinkin banks), 686 U.S. financial institutions, and 491 European financial institutions from the euro area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. Data are basically on a consolidated basis. Financial institutions in each region are classified into 4 groups based on quartiles of gross operating profits of Japanese financial institutions.