Follow the $8.5 trillion: Breakdown of the government's rescue funds		Updated 11/25/08
Federal Reserve Programs	Maximum commitment	Tapped so far
Commercial paper program Buys short-term notes from companies, which use the proceeds to pay bills	$1.8 trillion	$271 billion
Term auction facility Provides a negotiated rate for banks to borrow from the Fed	$900 billion	$415 billion
Other assets	$606 billion	$606 billion
Finance company debt purchases Buys debt issued or backed by government-chartered housing-finance companies including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in an effort to reduce their debt costs and thereby lower mortgage rates	$600 billion	$0
Money market investor funding facility Buys assets from financial companies to bolster money-market mutual funds	$540 billion	$0
Citigroup bailout The Fed agreed to guarantee $291 billion of Citigroup's toxic assets	$291 billion	$291 billion
Term securities lending Allows financial firms to borrow Treasury bonds in exchange for collateral	$250 billion	$190 billion
Term asset-backed loan facility Lends money to owners of top-rated securities that are backed by school, car, credit-card and small business loans	$200 billion	$0
Other credit extensions Loan to American International Group	$123 billion	$87 billion
Discount window Lends directly to commercial banks	$92 billion	$92 billion
Commercial paper program 2 Lends to banks so they can buy commercial paper from mutual funds	$62 billion	$62 billion
Discount window 2 Lends directly to all financial firms, including securities firms	$50 billion	$50 billion
Bear Sterns assets The Fed guaranteed $29 billion of the firm's assets when JPMorgan Chase bought it	$29 billion	$27 billion
Overnight loans Makes one-day loans to banks based on collateral	$10 billion	$10 billion
Secondary credit Lends at higher interest rates when collateral is weaker	$118 million	$118 million
Federal Reserve total	$5.5 trillion	$2.1 trillion
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Programs	Maximum commitment	Tapped so far
Loan guarantees Takes the risk out of bank-to-bank lending	$1.4 trillion	$0
Guarantee to GE Capital Supports the lending arm of General Electric	$139 billion	$139 billion
Citigroup bailout FDIC agreed to guarantee $10 billion of Citigrouo's toxic assets	$10 billion	$10 billion
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. total	$1.5 trillion	$149 billion
Treasury Department Programs	Maximum commitment	Tapped so far
Troubled Asset Relief Program Approved by Congress	$700 billion	$375 billion
Stimulus package Checks mailed to taxpayers last spring	$168 billion	$168 billion
Treasury Exchange Stabilization Fund Buys and sells short-term notes to moderate fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates	$50 billion	$50 billion
Tax breaks for banks	$29 billion	$29 billion
Treasury Department total	$1.1 trillion	$597 billion
Federal Housing Administration Programs	Maximum commitment	Tapped so far
Hope for Homeowners Provides loan guarantees for struggling mortgage borrowers	$300 billion	$300 billion
Federal Housing Administration total	$300 billion	$300 billion
U.S. Government total	$8.5 trillion	$3.2 trillion
Sources: Federal Reserve; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Federal Housing Administration; Treasury Department; Bloomberg