I See The Underlying Economy

The First Priority Is To Make Sure We Have Capital To Continue To Have Capital Available To Put Into The Financial System. That's The First Priority.

For Market Discipline To Constrain Risk Effectively, Financial Institutions Must Be Allowed To Fail. Under Optimal Financial Regulatory And Financial System Infrastructures, Such A Failure Would Not Threaten The Overall System.

There's Always Light At The End Of The Tunnel, Right? It Just Depends On How Long The Tunnel Is.

There Is A Very Real Danger That Financial Regulation Will Become A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing.

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.