Final Bailout Tab: $29B

So it's not exactly zero, but the $388 billion the feds dumped into bailouts is going to end up with a final price tag of ... $29 billion, reports the New York Times. Most of Treasury's losses are focused in housing rescues ($46 billion) and the Detroit bailout ($17 billion), while other segments of TARP actually reaped profits—like the $22 billion feds expect to pocket when they sell their stake in AIG.

The much-maligned bank bailout was in fact the highlight of the Treasury report: Some 80% of loans made are back in federal coffers. Overall, $204 billion has been repaid—just over half of what was doled out.