European bank bailouts (billions of € euros). Some European banks were supported through the financial crisis. The figures above reflect capital injections recorded as ‘deficit-increasing’ (i.e., capital transfers). DATASOURCE: Eurostat. WIDGET: factgraphs.org
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Bank bailouts
US bank bailouts (billions US$). In response to the financial crisis of 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department has deployed hundreds of billions in taxpayer dollars to bail out major banks. DATASOURCE: ProPublica. WIDGET: factgraphs.org