Christine Cumming, first vice-president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, voted in the place of the president, Timothy Geithner, who stayed in New York to oversee the rescue of the big insurer.

• 还有其它的工具来控制风险：美联储扩大了其借贷方案，增加了可作担保物品的种类，而且财政部有能力购买有抵押证券。