Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together.

It's a safe banking system, a sound banking system. Our regulators are on top of it. This is a very manageable situation.

Payment systems are critically important for overall market stability. On a typical business day, U.S. payment and settlement systems settle transactions valued at over $13 trillion.

As a Christian Scientist, I don't go to doctors and get diagnoses.

It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger.

When you have a big, ugly problem, there's never going to be a neat, elegant solution that is totally painless or without a cost.

The first priority is to make sure we have capital to continue to have capital available to put into the financial system. That's the first priority.