In the time it took me to type this, the US Government spent $16B. Yeah, we can handle that piece of chump change.
Now, the tighteneing credit market and a 10% correction in the Real Estate, Debt, and Equity markets...
Well, pretty soon you’re talking about real money.
Noooooo, this was only a Repo. Short-term loan to inject liquidity. Uncle Sam gets repaid.