Washington - As the Obama administration prepared to unveil the next boost for the US financial system on Tuesday, the government has already spent about 300 billion dollars under past president George W Bush's Troubled Asset Relief Programme (TARP).
The second half of the 700-billion-dollar TARP plan is at the disposal of President Barack Obama, and was to be included in Tuesday's announcement by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner.
To date, the following money has been spent on stabilizing the finance system and loosening credit: