But both nations maintained demands for action on bonuses to curb the excessive risk they claim propelled the world into crisis.
The intention was to stimulate lending and thus maintain demand.
In economies such as these, there is a heavy reliance on the government to maintain demand.
Governments committed themselves to maintaining demand at a high enough level to secure full employment.
Maintaining demand, not slashing it, is the right response right now.
But maintaining demand for the hijab is a cradle-to-the-grave pursuit.
Business fare revenues fell by 30% in February as airlines cut prices in a frantic bid to maintain demand.
As more people are unemployed, for example, the government disburses more, helping to maintain demand in a declining economy.
However, all non-contributory benefits should be covered, with a "buffer" to allow for cyclically driven rises in spending – vital for maintaining demand in a downturn.
"Everything Keynes established about the primacy of maintaining demand at a steady pace is gone," Brad DeLong, a liberal economist and blogger at the University of California, Berkeley, said mournfully.
