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Calculating the Total Bailout Costs
ritholtz.com - 12/2/2008
Calculating the Total Bailout Costs
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More than a few people have asked me how I came up with the the $8.5 trillion figure for the total cost of the bailouts. Below is a table, plus the Excel Spreadsheet it came from. Note that this cost does not include the $5.2 trillion in Fannie/Freddie portfolios that the US taxpayer is now ...

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Calculating the cost of bailing out the economy
QandO — ... As for spending already pledged to save us, the figures are growing at a rate that has even astounded someone as bearish and cynical as myself. Barry Ritholtz has given us a breakdown ...

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