forbes.com - 11/13/2008
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For all the fury over Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's $700 billion emergency economic relief fund, it seems downright puny when compared to the running total of the government's response to the credit crisis. According to CreditSights, a research firm in New York and London, the U.S. ...
cnbc.com - 11/17/2008
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Given the speed at which the federal government
is throwing money at the financial crisis, the average
taxpayer, never mind member of Congress, might not be faulted for losing track. CNBC, however, has been paying very close attention and keeping a ...
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Financial Crisis Tab Already In The Trillions - ...
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The Agitator —
... Total bailout cost grows to $5 trillion . . . and counting. We’re now quickly approaching 50 percent of the annual U.S. gross domestic product. Also, ...
Bailout Tops $5 Trillion Dollars
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... Yay ! For all the fury over Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s $700 billion emergency economic relief fund, it seems downright puny when compared to the running total of the government’s response to the credit crisis. According to CreditSights, a research firm in New York and London, the U.S. government has put itself on the hook for some $5 trillion, so far, in an attempt to arrest a collapse of the financial system. Lets be clear, this is an amount that is over 1/3rd of the countries annual GDP that has been earmarked for propping up institutions that have failed. ...
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