His 11 predecessors enjoyed sharp increases in support during crises.
In the long term, central banks' willingness to broaden liquidity support during crises may induce banks to behave more riskily (a temptation that will need to be countered with more effective rules on banks' own liquidity).
Crisis - throughout your professional career what decisions and strategies did you come up with or support during crises and how did those work out in the short and long term?
Pakistan's support during the crisis is cited as a reason for Sri Lanka accepting the invitation to tour this year.
He thanked his close allies – Russia, China, Iran and the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah – for their support during the crisis.
Deutsche Bank's opposition to the Fed's rules does not sit well with American lawmakers who have pushed for strong regulation, particularly since the bank benefited from government financial support during the crisis.
Meanwhile, the Latvian public will have to bear the cost of this programme through the future debt payments required on the more than €4.4bn borrowed from the EU and IMF, which was required to keep its government running on life support during the crisis.
"I'd shake hands with an Israeli first". Here, in Tariq Jdeideh, residents have aimed their frustrations and humiliation inward as well, at Saad Hariri, who inherited the mantle of Sunni leadership from his slain father and has sought to mobilize Sunni support during the crisis.
Here Evert recalls that after he sent David a letter "of wary and perhaps rather futile support" during the crisis he was repaid with a visit from the police, who wondered just how he might be involved: "He remembered the inspector's wintry hesitation in the hall as he was leaving, as if to say he knew exactly not only what had happened then but what was happening now".
On Sunday, Mr Kerry is meeting his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, where he is expected to reassure Japan of America's continued support during the crisis.
