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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.

The List. Of Banks. That Need. Cushions. And Those Cushions.

By Marc Ambinder
May 7 2009, 5:01 PM ET Comment

The skinny: According to the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve the Big Banks below need a total of $75 billion worth of capital cushions. Existing TARP funds should cover whatever the government is forced to contribute if and when these banks can't raise the money privately. In order of size:

Bank of America -- $33.9 billion
Wells Fargo: $13.7 billion
GMAC: $11.5 billion
Citigroup: $5.5 billion
Regions Financial: $2.5 billion
Suntrust: $2.2 billion
Morgan Stanley: $1.8 billion
Keycorp: $.1.8 billion
5th Third Bancorp: $1.1 billion
PNC Bank: $0.6 billion

Smaller regional banks aren't included here. If a bank's name isn't on this list, it has sufficient capital cushion to survive adverse conditions. The rest of the banks have six months to find more money. They'll probably also have to meet other conditions, and you'll see some CEO flux too.


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