This Report is the first to implement the intensified evaluation provisions of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (the "Act"). The provisions of the Act provide the United States with valuable new reporting and monitoring tools, as well as new measures to address unfair currency practices. The Act establishes a process to monitor key indicators related to foreign exchange operations, engage economies that may be pursuing unfair practices, and impose meaningful penalties on economies that fail to adopt appropriate policies. The legislation accomplishes these important...

TARP was created more than four years ago by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) as part of a broad-based federal response to the financial crisis. Thanks to TARP and the other emergency actions taken by the government, as well as the financial reforms that are being put in place, our economy is stronger, banks are better capitalized, the weakest parts of the financial system no longer exist, struggling homeowners have seen relief, and credit is more available to consumers and small businesses.