Thursday, October 2, 2008

Let's Add this up - $1.979 trillion and counting (Initially $1.439 trillion)

AIG (American International Group) - Insurance - $85 billion bailout
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/behind-aigs-crisis-an-overlooked-web-of-risk/ or http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/business/28melt.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

Automotive Industry - $25 billion loan guarantee
http://www.search-autoparts.com/searchautoparts/Distribution/House-approves-25-billion-automotive-bailout-loan/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/553690?contextCategoryId=41884

Bear Stearns forced sale to JP Morgan - Chase - $29 billion guarantee
Fed will fund the remaining $29 billion on a non-recourse basis to JPMorgan Chase.
http://www.jpmorgan.com/cm/Satellite?c=JPM_Content_C&cid=1159339104093&pagename=JPM_redesign%2FJPM_Content_C%2FGeneric_Detail_Page_Template

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - $200 billion in preferred stock
"But the eventual cost to the public purse is unknown and potentially huge. The Treasury says it could buy as much as $100 billion of preferred stock in each of the two firms, though it deems that highly unlikely." http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=adr.czwVm3ws&refer=home or http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12078933

Financial Securities and Derivatives Bailout - $800 billion (bailout + Tax Incentives)
The tax provisions added more than $100 billion to the cost of the plan. From the original three-page proposal by the Treasury Department, the bill has swelled to 451 pages.
http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-bailout2-2008oct02,0,1307485.story

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 - $300 billion (Congressional enactment)
(Pub.L. 110-289, 122 Stat. 2654) designed primarily to address the subprime mortgage crisis, was passed by the United States Congress on July 24, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN3042756820080730

Fed to Provide Up to $540 Billion to Aid Money Funds - added on 10/21/2008 - loans to help relieve pressure on money-market mutual funds beset by redemptions. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ajw94.nC0a5w&refer=us