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.
金融危机对美国的冲击比对欧洲更为凶猛和迅疾。信贷市场的冻结，要求有关当局立即实施压倒性的干预，美国当局果真出手，在2008年末和2009年为金融机构安排了13万亿美元左右的信贷支持。当时没有别的选择。而此举也起到了作用。如今美国信贷市场状况良好，经过资本重整的银行体系颇为稳定。历史将对美国的大胆应对做出积极的评价。
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