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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 12:59 am
America’s banks received extraordinary assistance from American taxpayers,” Obama said after a White House meeting with bank executives today. “Now that they’re back on their feet, we expect an extraordinary commitment from them to help rebuild the economy.”

Obama spoke after meeting with executives from Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other financial institutions as he seeks to ratchet up pressure on banks to extend more credit to small businesses and ease opposition to his regulatory overhaul. He plans to meet with representatives from community banks on Dec. 22.

Когда наступит следующий кризис и мне опять будут рассказывать, что правительство никогда, ни за что и не думало заставлять банки выдавать ссуды, которых без него они бы не выдавали - я просто перечитаю эту запись.
А между тем recovery продолжает уверенный шаг:

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s federal regulator is renegotiating the companies’ financing plan with the U.S. Treasury Department and may seek an increase to their $400 billion federal lifeline before the end of the year, according to people familiar with the talks.