The financial crisis struck the US harder and faster than it did Europe. The freezing of credit markets required immediate, overwhelming intervention – and the US authorities delivered it, arranging around $13,000bn of credit support for financial institutions in late 2008 and 2009. There was no alternative, and it worked. US credit markets are now healthy, and the recapitalised banking system stable. History will look favourably on the boldness of America’s response.
金融危機對美國的衝擊比對歐洲更爲兇猛和迅疾。信貸市場的凍結，要求有關當局立即實施壓倒性的干預，美國當局果真出手，在2008年末和2009年爲金融機構安排了13兆美元左右的信貸支持。當時沒有別的選擇。而此舉也起到了作用。如今美國信貸市場狀況良好，經過資本重整的銀行體系頗爲穩定。歷史將對美國的大膽應對做出積極的評價。
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