What I've said repeatedly is, 'I think the auto industry is a very important industry.'

I have great, great confidence in our capital markets and in our financial institutions. Our financial institutions, banks and investment banks, are strong. Our capital markets are resilient. They're efficient. They're flexible.

China and the U.S. are the two largest importers of oil. They are the two largest emitters of carbon.

I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments.

The U.S. didn't save enough; we borrowed a lot. There were structural imbalances in Asia with exporters, with oil exporters for a whole variety of things.

I believe that the root cause of every financial crisis, the root cause, is flawed government policies

In terms of the overall economy, we've got challenges and the big focus has got to be on recovery, on repair, and that's going to take a while.