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Figure 6-7<br />

Global OTC Derivative Market, 1998–2016<br />

Trillions of U.S. Dollars<br />

Trillions of U.S. Dollars<br />

800<br />

40<br />

700<br />

35<br />

600<br />

500<br />

Notional<br />

Oustanding (left<br />

axis)<br />

2016:Q2<br />

30<br />

25<br />

400<br />

300<br />

200<br />

100<br />

Gross Market<br />

Value (right axis)<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

1995 2000<br />

Note: Shading denotes recession.<br />

2005 2010 2015<br />

Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS).<br />

0<br />

Impact of Reforms to Establish a More<br />

Sustainable Financial System<br />

The new Administration’s highest priorities were (1) to cushion the<br />

blow to the economy, (2) stabilize the financial system, and (3) get the<br />

economy growing again. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act<br />

of 2009 provided substantial fiscal stimulus in the form of tax cuts, direct<br />

aid to states or affected individuals, along with important investments in<br />

transportation, clean energy, and other long-term priorities.4 (For a more<br />

detailed discussion of the Administration’s response to the crisis, including<br />

the Recovery Act, see Chapter 1.) At the same time, the Federal Reserve<br />

used its authority to provide monetary accommodation to support the broad<br />

economy and to provide liquidity in particular financial markets where<br />

private markets were frozen.<br />

Congress had passed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of<br />

2008, creating the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), and the Bush<br />

and Obama Administrations used the authorities in TARP to provide<br />

capital injections to banks, aid to homeowners, as well as support for the<br />

automobile industry. The financial rescue was followed by stress tests of the<br />

largest banks that revealed information to the markets about the health of<br />

4 See 2014 Economic Report of the President, Chapter 3 “The Economic Impact of the American<br />

Recovery and Reinvestment Act Five Years Later.”<br />

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