In short,it is essential that we learn the lessons of this crisis, or we risk repeating it."

VOA: standard.2010.04.24

A lot of damage was caused by this crisis. It is going to take some time for us to grow out of this.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

"It was so expensive to clean up after this crisis, we need more safety - even if it makes loans a little more expensive."

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Not using this crisis as an excuse to go on an explosion of spending."

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

"Ordinary people should not pay for this crisis. Capitalism is in crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

"With reform, we will make our financial system more transparent by bringing the kinds of complex backroom deals that helped trigger this crisis into the light of day."

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

"This is a tragic thing," "We came into this crisis without the authority and the tools necessary to contain the damage to the American economy posedby the very severe pressures working through the financial system."

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

"If you contrast what is happening in this crisis to what we saw in the last major global crises of the last several decades, I think you are seeing more action now on a broader scale,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

But for now,he said, there is work to be done. "Every American affected by this spill should know this: Your government will do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to stop this crisis."

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

Finance ministers and central bankers from major industrial and developing countries meet this weekend outside London to discuss the financial crisis.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

This year, the historic area had many visitors, including former American service members who remember the missile crisis.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

But what really set this economic downturn apart from others,he says, was the severity of the banking crisis.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

A big increase is expected this year because of the economic crisis, combined with higher food prices.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The financial crisis will be the top issue at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

VOA: special.2009.01.23