The first time was the near-collapse of Iceland's banks and currency during the world financial crisis.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

Now it's different in important ways because it's really focused at preventing the collapse of the economy that is created by a financial system failure.

现在，这个不同有很重要的意义,因为它真正专注于,阻止被金融系统的失败而引发的,经济的崩溃。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The optimistic thing is I think that we have a very good Fed chairman and we have coordinated efforts by central banks around the world and we're doing things that are attempts to prevent the collapse of the financial institutions.

积极的方面在于,我认为我们有一个很优秀的美联储主席,并且我们有世界各地的中央银行,协调的努力,而且我们正做着试图,阻止金融机构崩溃的事情。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

One year ago, the United States financial system was in danger of collapse.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

We had a big scare in 1998; it started with the Asian financial crisis and then it spread to Russia and there was this terrible collapse in Russia in 1998, when the government couldn't pay its debts.

我们经历过最大的一次经济创伤是在1998年;,这次金融危机因亚洲金融危机而起,然后蔓延到俄罗斯,随后对俄罗斯的经济产生了极大地冲击，俄政府担负不起债务。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"Ben approached a financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom, with bold action and out-of-the-box thinking that has helped put the brakes on our economic freefall."

VOA: special.2009.08.28

President Obama spent his first year in office trying to prevent the collapse of big financial firms, and stabilize the national economy.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

Thailand led the region into the financial crisis of 1997, when fears about the banks and foreign debt led to a collapse of the baht.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

"Ben approached a financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom;

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

In November,11,000 jobs were lost. Mr.Obama says his $787 billion stimulus plan prevented a possible collapse of the financial system or a potential second Great Depression.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

Senator Christopher Dodd, who sponsored the bill, says the financial meltdown that led to the collapse and subsequent bailouts of some of the largest U.S.firms shows the current regulations are inadequate.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Earlier this week, Secretary Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke also discussed with Congress another step which would enable the government to take control of major non-bank financial institutions threatened with collapse.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

U.S.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has been in talks with AIG Chief Executive Edward Liddy to limit the millions of dollars worth of bonuses promised to employees, including some who worked in the financial product unit responsible for bringing the company to the brink of collapse.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15