Many banks,he says, are going to need additional capital to deal with bad loans and heavy debt.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

U.S.officials pressed for rules requiring banks to keep larger reserves to cope with bad loans.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

At the heart of the Geithner plan that is unjustified,". was too fragile, is a public-private partnership for buying the bad loans that have crippled U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Strauss-Kahn said the pace of global recovery depends significantly on the effectiveness of measures to dispose of bad loans currently on the books of major banks.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Geithner said government and private investors will work together to purchase bad loans from banks, so-called "toxic assets", so the banks can resume lending and get the economy going again.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

No one knows how much government money might be needed. But during the past six months, more than $700 billion has been committed to cleaning up the bad loans in the banking system.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24