tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post1850366609622016550..comments2023-11-02T15:48:50.381+00:00Comments on UK Bubble UK Economy: The US housing bail-out - the tab so farAlice Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-33670894007792793932008-09-23T21:18:00.000+01:002008-09-23T21:18:00.000+01:00Some more takes on how much it is really going to ...Some more takes on how much it is really going to cost:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://markwadsworth.blogspot.com/2008/09/final-net-cost-of-fed-bail-out-20.html" REL="nofollow"> here </A> and <A HREF="http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-congress-intends-to-waste-18.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-51072359214138782412008-09-22T03:23:00.000+01:002008-09-22T03:23:00.000+01:00You'd better hurry - soon the phrase will be "a tr...You'd better hurry - soon the phrase will be "a trillion here a trillion there..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-74550521062810396442008-09-21T13:29:00.000+01:002008-09-21T13:29:00.000+01:00Golly I can remember when the phrase was "a millio...Golly I can remember when the phrase was "a <I>million</I> here a million there..."<BR/><BR/>I really need to get with the times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-10218135847119209122008-09-21T12:50:00.000+01:002008-09-21T12:50:00.000+01:00Over a trillion - Does Joe Public realise how much...Over a trillion - Does Joe Public realise how much a trillion is, I wonder? Someone recently calculated: If you spend a dollor every second, it will take you nearly 317 centuries to spend a trillion. Ooooh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-39210908567328674142008-09-20T22:45:00.000+01:002008-09-20T22:45:00.000+01:00Arithmetic was fine - just inattention to units......Arithmetic was fine - just inattention to units... ;)<BR/><BR/>Shall we hold a sweepstake on how long it'll be before they have to up the national debt limit?<BR/><BR/>Because the first amount is woefully inadequate for a bank resolution agency. The $200B is for Fred 'n' Fan is just someone having a laugh. AIG will swallow much more than $85B and the FDIC amount is just sheer lunacy.<BR/><BR/>And the banks will die anyway, because people will withdraw their money to put into the federal insured money market funds where they'll get more interest for zero risk...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-2122381592405021482008-09-20T18:37:00.000+01:002008-09-20T18:37:00.000+01:00Now corrected, I knew my arithmetic would le tme d...Now corrected, I knew my arithmetic would le tme down.<BR/><BR/>AliceAlice Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-30041230510502765862008-09-20T18:35:00.000+01:002008-09-20T18:35:00.000+01:00It's only 1,024 billion... ;)It's only 1,024 billion... ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com