by Calculated Risk on 12/15/2008 12:40:00 PM

From the WSJ: Treasury Still Studying Auto Rescue

The U.S. Treasury Department said Monday it has made no decisions on how to engineer a rescue effort for U.S. auto makers,
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"We continue to assess and review the information we have received from the auto makers, and we are providing regular briefings to the White House on our thinking," [Treasury spokesman Brookly McLaughlin] said. "No decisions have been made."

It sounds like the administration might be considering some sort of prepackaged bankruptcy, with the government providing DIP (debtor-in-possession) financing.