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natulia [17]
3 years ago
10

How much did the us congress allocate to the troubled asset relief program in 2008?

History
1 answer:
LuckyWell [14K]3 years ago
6 0
<span>Seven Hundred Billion dollars were allocated to the troubled asset relief program in 2008. The goal was to buy bad investments away from financial institutions in order to strengthen the financial sector.</span>
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