That is why this administration is moving swiftly and aggressively to break this destructive cycle, restore confidence, and restart lending.

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This unfortunate policy cycle delays the rebalancing of world accounts that is needed to restore economic equilibrium, and it can freeze the kind of private investment that is needed to get the developed economies going and to boost supply in the emerging markets where there is currently an excess of demand.

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