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They don’t call him helicopter ben for nothing. Money is coming from so many different angles it will make your head spin. Mish keeps good tabs.

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/

By my count the government has now pledged $8.5 trillion in lending facilities with $5.55 trillion of that coming from the Fed, allowing $250 billion for the Citigroup Bailout Agreement. Taking into consideration Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s statement that $200 billion is just the “starting point” for the TALF asset-backed securities program, there is really no upper limit on pledges