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Payment Systems Are Critically Important For Overall Market Stability. On A Typical Business Day, U.s. Payment And Settlement Systems Settle Transactions Valued At Over $13 Trillion.

Our Overriding Goal In Restructuring Our Financial Architecture Should Be That Taxpayers Never Again Have To Save A Failing Financial Institution.

U.s. Exports To China Have More Than Quintupled Since China Entered The Wto And Have Grown More Quickly Than Imports. In Fact, China Is America's Fastest-growing Export Market.

There Are Two Issues That People Sometimes Confuse, But They're Very Closely Related. There Is The Strength And The Stability Of The American Financial System. And It's Very Important That That System Remain Stable And Remain Strong And Lending Is Very Important To Consumers. Secondly, The Economy. And What Has Gone On In Financial System Is Impacting The Economy. And As The Economy Is Turning Down, It Is Very Important That Lending Continue To Be Available And Be Available To Consumers. So What We're Doing With This Facility Is To Support - Is To Support Consumer Lending.

One Of The Most Constant Aspects Of American Life Is Change - And Nowhere Is It More Evident Than In Our Financial Markets.