And Adam introduced me to two of the people who work here, two vice presidents who've seen and survived past financial crises, Will Aston-Reese and Tom Corona.

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Stanley Fischer, the governor of Israel's central bank and former number two at the IMF, has vast experience of international economics and financial crises.

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As part of these efforts, today I'm proposing two additional reforms that I believe will strengthen the financial system while preventing future crises.

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By contrast, during the 41-years since going off gold, the U.S. has suffered the Great Inflation of the 1970s, two of the worst recessions since the Great Depression, and now a dozen financial crises.

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The number of new people signing up for unemployment benefits last week shot up to the highest level in more than two years, fresh evidence of the damage to a national economy clobbered by housing, credit and financial crises.

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