At the Center for Financial Stability, we specifically measure the banking system and broader money supplyexisting in the private sector.

FORBES: Bernanke Still Pouring Shots Of QE To Markets Already Drunk On Liquidity

Louis Fed, and Ray Boshara, who directs its new Center for Household Financial Stability.

NPR: Average US Household Far From Regaining Its Wealth

Kent Hughes, director of a program that deals with global economic issues at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, gives Paulson "high marks" for keeping his eye on U.S. financial stability and being able to respond to a crisis, and he adds that boosting competitiveness is a task that extends beyond the boundaries of just the Treasury Department.

FORBES: Paulson Report Card: 'A' For Effort