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13 Jul 2009 22:24

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Biz, U.S.: Like scary numbers? ‘Course you do. Here’s a really scary one

  • $94 billion U.S. budget deficit in June; that’s a lot of change source
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18 Mar 2009 22:07

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Biz, U.S.: Another attempt to jumpstart the economy by the Federal Reserve

  • first Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve would buy back up to $300 billion in long-term government bonds.
  • second Bernanke also announced a plan to buy back up to $750 billion in bad mortgages. Together, that’s over $1 trillion. Whoa. source
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10 Mar 2009 01:52

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Offbeat: You know how much a trillion bucks is worth. Here’s what it looks like.

That little guy in the corner has the worst job ever. He has to count all the $100 bills. source
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