I See The Underlying Economy As Being

Every Global Concern - Economic, Environmental Or Security-related - Can Be Addressed More Effectively When The U.s. And China Work Together.

In Terms Of The Overall Economy, We've Got Challenges And The Big Focus Has Got To Be On Recovery, On Repair, And That's Going To Take A While.

Even If You Don't Have The Authorities - And Frankly I Didn't Have The Authorities For Anything - If You Take Charge, People Will Follow.

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.

Well, As You Know, We're Working Through A Difficult Period In Our Financial Markets Right Now, As We Work Off Some Of The Past Excesses. But The American People Can Remain Confident In The Soundness And The Resilience Of Our Financial System.