It is necessary to protect the financial system and get recovery back on track for the markets to understand that we will do what is necessary to make sure that these major institutions can meet their commitments.
Geithner emphasizes the need to protect the financial system for economic recovery.
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One of the most important things the Congress did is to say, 'We're going to establish a level playing field across banks and nonbanks.'
Absolutely. Yes, again, we see there's no prospect to an agreement that doesn't involve those rates going up on the top 2 percent of the wealthiest Americans.
We're going to establish a level playing field across banks and nonbanks so that the business can't just shift to where there's no regulation.
You cannot effectively oversee a financial system without much better information than we had access to before the crisis.
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