Musings of a Random Life

Putting things in perspective

Posted by: Subrata Majumdar on: September 22, 2008

Fund to provide liquidity to mortgage backed paper: $ 700 billion
add Funds pledged to Fannie and Freddie : $ 200 billion
add Funds to buy out AIG: $ 85 billion
add Funds stuck in the Bear Sterns bailout: $ 29 billion

Total funds pledged by the Fed in current crisis = $ 1.014 billion trillion
Size of India’s 2008 GDP in Dollar terms = $ 1 trillion

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