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Nickelless
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 Posted - 11/20/2008 : 15:38:32
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By JEANNINE AVERSA , Associated Press
November 20, 2008
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called the financial crisis now plaguing the world economy a "once or twice" in a 100 years event, even as he warned Thursday against imposing too-strict regulations to prevent a repeat calamity.
Paulson's remarks follow pledges by world leaders attending last week's emergency economic summit to begin an overhaul of the world's financial regulatory system.
With the next summit slated for the spring, the work on fleshing out details for the Herculean task will fall to the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama and his new Treasury secretary.
Paulson, whose boss President George W. Bush leaves office on Jan. 20, acknowledged that the financial crisis was caused by many factors including "government inaction and mistaken actions, outdated U.S. and global financial regulatory systems, and by the excessive risk-taking of financial institutions."
Still, he cautioned against the U.S. and other countries developing a too-onerous regulatory response.
"If we do not correctly diagnose the causes, and instead act in haste to implement more rather than better regulations, we can do long-term harm," Paulson said in a speech in Simi Valley, Calif.
Earlier this week, lawmakers blasted Paulson for his handling of a $700 billion financial bailout package to help ease the crisis and restore stability and confidence to unhinged markets.
Paulson on Thursday again defended his management, including his decision last week to officially abandon the original rescue strategy: buying rotten mortgages and other bad debts from banks to free up their balance sheets and get them to lend more freely.
"By proactively addressing the problems we saw coming and being pragmatic enough to change strategy in the face of changed facts and despite the inevitable criticism — we prevented a far worse financial crisis," Paulson insisted.
Focusing the bailout program on infusing billions into banks — and possibly other types of companies — to pump up their capital and bolster lending to customers was deemed a faster and more effective approach to stabilizing the financial system than the original centerpiece of the plan, he said.
"There was no playbook for responding to a once or twice in a hundred year event," Paulson argued, saying he needed to shift strategy to respond to worsening financial and economic conditions.
Fielding questions after his speech, Paulson repeated his opposition to tapping the bailout fund to help Detroit's Big Three auto companies. "It doesn't do any good to spend money if there is not a clear path to viability," he said.
Paulson again said he believed the Bush administration has taken the necessary steps to prevent a financial market collapse, but he cautioned that it will take time for markets and lending conditions to return to normal.
So far, the Treasury Department has pledged $250 billion for banks and has agreed to devote $40 billion to troubled insurer American International Group — its first slice of funds going to a company other than a bank. That leaves just $60 billion available from Congress' first bailout installment of $350 billion.
Although Treasury won't use any of the money to buy rotten assets, "we are actively engaged in developing programs to be implemented when ready" to help expand credit, Paulson said.
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Cody8404
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Posted - 11/21/2008 : 14:06:02
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Since the begining of the U.S. There has been a depression about every 20 years. After the governement started manipulating the market they fewer and father between, but bigger.
Depressions are basically clearing away the enterprises that are no longer needed and letting them die.
The market crash of 1892 led to the crash of 1907, which led to the crash of 1929, and niether the FED nor the Governement were able to stop the market cleansing.
Then we start over with the "recessions" of the 1980's, 1990, 1997. If the government would have allowed the house cleaning of clearing away the deadwood the fire we are building up to now would not have been so bad. See what 80 years with no cleaning away of the deadwood will do.
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wagsthadog
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 11/24/2008 : 10:35:51
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Hi all,
I love how before, it was a "once in a century" event, now it's a "once of twice" in a century event. HAHA
Paulson I think is a good indicator of J6P's awareness of PM's. Since Paulson is still arrogantly unaware of the real nature of ther economy, so are most people. As he is required to eat his words and dance around his actions, only then will J6P take notice. Maybe.
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