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Late last month,
the UK government privatized the final bank that it bailed out during the 2008 financial crisis.
So it's a very symbolic moment, the closing of this whole chapter of Britain's bailout era.
It was a huge deal for the bank and it was even more awaited and dramatic
because it took so long to happen.
I mean, it had been 17 years.
That bank is called NatWest Group.
It used to be called Royal Bank of Scotland, or RBS.
And you heard that right.
UK government had been the bank's owner for the last 17 years.
And that had plenty of knock-on effects.
So owning the stake in RBS and in NetWest was a pretty big drag on the government finances.
It was expensive for taxpayers.