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Correct. Should have clarified. 5.92 trillion legislative and 6.84 trillion in Fed actions. That's what was allocated. Spent so far is 8.6 trillion. The fed act
by bko 5y ago
Correct. Should have clarified. 5.92 trillion legislative and 6.84 trillion in Fed actions. That's what was allocated. Spent so far is 8.6 trillion. The fed actions include mostly asset purchases (e.g. 2.5 trillion in treasuries, 1.2 trillion in buying MBS, etc). This introduces money into the system and is what I believe is driving the strangness we've been seeing (financial assets up 30% from pre-pandemic levels, increase in inflation, supply chain shortages, etc).
This is the best site I found to track the spending:
https://www.covidmoneytracker.org/ https://www.covidmoneytracker.org/