In dollars, the magnitude of the Fed's balance sheet actions was larger than the funding from the Federal government's Trouble Asset Relief Program aid.

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The Fed's balance sheet actions were in the trillions of dollars, while the Troubled Asset Relief Program aid was in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Therefore, the magnitude of the Fed's actions was larger.

In Dollars, the Magnitude of the Fed's Balance Sheet Actions