Don't forget they've intervened in the student loan markets in a big way, and GM got (or will get $25 in free money as well. One big prop for virtually every sector of the economy...even retail, since they intervened to prop the dollar.
Yes, the dollar is toast...but not everyone has figured that out yet. The President's Working Group capped gold and oil, and everything is therefore...fine.
So, this provides an even better opportunity for those willing to do what appears to be imminently sensible, i.e. dump dollars and buy tangible assets. I have been doing this hand over fist the last month!