|
发表于 2008-10-29 12:07 AM
|
显示全部楼层
And this:
White House to banks: Start lending now Tuesday October 28, 7:18 pm ET
By Jennifer Loven, AP White House Correspondent
White House tells banks getting federal aid to quit hoarding money and start lending it
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An impatient White House
prodded banks and other financial companies Tuesday to quit hoarding
billions of dollars flowing into their vaults from Washington and start
making more loans ... ... "What we're trying to do is get banks to do what they are supposed to
do, which is support the system that we have in America. And banks
exist to lend money," White House press secretary Dana Perino said.
While there are limits to Washington's power to affect banks' behavior,
the White House decided it was time to use its bully pulpit. ...
|
|