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The business and financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic is hitting companies in all areas of the U.S. economy, and weighing on those from industry giants to small local businesses. For many businesses, survival will depend on accessing one or more of the numerous support programs announced by the Federal…
Continue Reading Introducing Davis Polk’s Government Support for Business Resource

Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) this afternoon, and we cover it here in two memos. In one memo, we cover the economic stabilization, small business and bank regulatory sections of the legislation. In the other memo, we cover tax…
Continue Reading Congress Passes the CARES Act: Economic Stabilization and Tax Relief

The Federal Reserve has issued updated FAQs regarding its money market mutual fund liquidity facility (MMLF), modifying the FAQs issued on March 21.

For more information on the MMLF, please see our memorandum and blog post describing the original MMLF announced on March 18, our blog post describing…
Continue Reading Fed Updates FAQs for the Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility

The Federal Reserve has issued FAQs providing more information about its Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF), originally announced on March 17, 2020 and expanded on March 23, 2020 as part of its response to the coronavirus crisis.  The FAQs provide additional details on how the CPFF will work,…
Continue Reading Fed Issues FAQs for Commercial Paper Funding Facility

The Federal Reserve announced on March 23, 2020 further action in response to the coronavirus crisis: the creation of the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF), along with establishment of the Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility (PMCCF) and the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF). We discuss the…
Continue Reading Fed Creates Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility to Provide Liquidity to Corporate Bonds

The Federal Reserve announced on March 23, 2020 further action in response to the coronavirus crisis: the creation of the Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility (PMCCF), along with the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) and the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF). We discuss the SMCCF and…
Continue Reading Fed Establishes the Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility to Support Credit to Employers

Here is Davis Polk’s two-page overview of the Federal Reserve’s actions to address the coronavirus crisis, with embedded links to the primary materials on the Federal Reserve’s website. This version is updated to cover the new, sweeping measures that the Fed announced on the morning of Monday, March 23, 2020.  …
Continue Reading Fed Actions to Address the Coronavirus Crisis

The Federal Reserve announced a further expansion of the Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (MMLF), originally announced on March 18, 2020 and expanded on March 20, 2020, as part of its response to the coronavirus crisis.  Under the further expanded MMLF, additional securities are eligible as collateral.…
Continue Reading Fed Further Expands Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility to Include Municipal Variable Rate Demand Notes and Bank CDs

The Federal Reserve announced an expansion of the Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF), originally announced on March 17, 2020 as part of its response to the coronavirus crisis.  Under the expanded CPFF, “eligible issuers” now include municipal issuers—which had been excluded in the 2008 version of the CPFF—and…
Continue Reading Fed Expands Commercial Paper Funding Facility to Cover Municipal Issuers and Decrease Pricing

The Federal Reserve has created a new secured liquidity facility, called the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), designed to restore liquidity to the asset-backed securities (ABS) market.  TALF represents a continuation of the Federal Reserve’s use of its “unusual and exigent” powers to help provide…
Continue Reading Fed Establishes a Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility