The rest of the world needs the US economy and financial system to recover in order for it to revive. We remain at the center of global economic activity with financial and trade ties to every region of the globe.

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• Timothy Geithner:

  Never before in modern times has so much of the world been simultaneously hit by a confluence of ec

• Timothy Geithner:

  Although this crisis in some ways started in the United States, it is a global crisis. We bear a su

• Timothy Geithner:

  This crisis is not simply a more severe version of the usual business cycle recession, the typical

• Timothy Geithner:

  The government can help, but we need to make this transition now to a recovery led by private inves

• Timothy Geithner:

  And I think it's a prudent, responsible way, given the scale of the emergency, the scale of the dam

• Timothy Geithner:

  But what we're determined to do, and what the reforms will do is to make sure this system goes back

• Timothy Geithner:

  I personally believe that there's going to be a good case for the government preserving some type o

• Timothy Geithner:

  I think we're not going to preserve Fannie and Freddie in anything like their current form. We're g

• Timothy Geithner:

  We will not support returning Fannie and Freddie to the role they played before conservatorship, wh

• Timothy Geithner:

  It is very important for people to understand that the United States of America and no country arou