TARP - November 2010

Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program -- November 2010

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CBO estimates that the cost to the federal government of the TARP's transactions, including grants that have not been made yet for mortgage programs, will amount to $25 billion.

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Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure

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Federal, state and local spending on the nation's transportation and water infrastructure totaled $356 billion in fiscal year 2007. A new CBO study analyzes recent trends in – and the rationale for – public spending on infrastructure.

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Monthly Budget Review

Monthly Budget Review

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CBO estimates that the federal budget deficit was about $1.3 trillion in fiscal year 2010, $125 billion less than the shortfall recorded in 2009.

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