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So, with these insidious securities all over the financial system and an inability for regulators to target the problem, are we facing a truly horrific economic downturn. Well, it's hard to say. The good news is that innovation in financial products and derivatives has not come unaccompanied. In just the last few months, we've seen a dramatic shift in the Federal Reserve policies used to manage the economy with some truly innovative new practices of their own. The discount window has been opened to investment banks in addition to commercial banks, buy actonel without prescription. The Term Auction Facility has been created to improve usage of the Fed's lending program. We've even created dollar backing to support the MBS market through the Term Securities Lending Facility. As far as economic meltdowns go, we're in uncharted waters. Only time will tell whether the Fed has created effective tools to target and combat the problems created by the subprime meltdown and the proliferation of mortgage backed securities.

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