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...the Federal Reserve Has The Capacity To Operate In Domestic Money Markets To Maintain Interest Rates At A Level Consistent With Our Economic Goals

The Crisis And Recession Have Led To Very Low Interest Rates, It Is True, But These Events Have Also Destroyed Jobs, Hamstrung Economic Growth And Led To Sharp Declines In The Values Of Many Homes And Businesses.

The U.s. Government Has A Technology, Called A Printing Press (or, Today, Its Electronic Equivalent), That Allows It To Produce As Many U.s. Dollars As It Wishes At Essentially No Cost.

Given The Central Role Of Effective, Firmwide Risk Management In Maintaining Strong Financial Institutions, It Is Clear That Supervisors Must Redouble Their Efforts To Help Organizations Improve Their Risk-management Practices...we Are Also Considering The Need For Additional Or Revised Supervisory Guidance Regarding Various Aspects Of Risk Management, Including Further Emphasis On The Need For An Enterprise-wide Perspective When Assessing Risk.

Developments In Financial Markets Can Have Broad Economic Effects Felt By Many Outside The Markets.