The University of Connecticut has released a report forcasting the state’s economy over the next few years.

The report estimates up to 90,000 lost jobs due to the financial sector meltdown, and a billion dollar budget deficit for this year.

More on this:

• UConn Report
• CT Local Politics
• CT News Junkie

Economist Barry Ritholtz has calculated the combined cost of the massive Federal Bailouts this year, and arrived at a total $4.6 Trillion so far.
That makes the bailout more expensive than all these programs combined (in adjusted dollars):

• Marshall Plan
• Louisiana Purchase
• Race to the Moon
• S&L Crisis
• Korean War
• The New Deal
• Invasion of Iraq
• Vietnam War
• NASA (all-time budget)

Mr. Ritholtz’s calculations are available for download, and include a lot more than the $700 Billion TARP fund.