Wednesday, September 24, 2008

A Really Large Number

If you have been wondering how the Treasury Department came up with $700 billion as the amount they needed for the bailout when they don't know the value of the securities involved, well, here's your answer from Forbes:

"It's not based on any particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. "We just wanted to choose a really large number."

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