The Fed’s $2.2 trillion fire hose

The Federal Reserve threw a lot of money at the crisis to get the gears of the economy turning again, but it may soon be time to collect on the bill.

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The Fed’s $2.2 trillion fire hose

Fortune 500’s top stock: Freddie Mac

With apologies to the Beatles, the list of the best-performing Fortune 500 stocks in the year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers reads like a stroll down Penny Lane.

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Fortune 500’s top stock: Freddie Mac

Bailout tracker: What’s going, what’s coming

As government regulators switch from crisis-mode to rescue mode, many of the biggest and most successful bailout programs are well on their way to extinction.

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Bailout tracker: What’s going, what’s coming

Fannie & Freddie: The most expensive bailout

The first big government bailout of the financial crisis — the takeover of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — is poised to be the most expensive and complicated to complete.

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Fannie & Freddie: The most expensive bailout

Bailout risk: $23.7 trillion? More like $3 trillion

The independent overseer of the $700 billion bailout has caused a ruckus over an important question: How much do taxpayers have on the line?

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Bailout risk: $23.7 trillion? More like $3 trillion

Cost of rescues: $835 billion this year

The federal government is likely to spend $835 billion this year fighting the crises in the financial system and the economy, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office.

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Cost of rescues: $835 billion this year