sentences:  To prevent immediate failure, the Federal Reserve announced categorically that it would meet any liquidity needs the Continental might have, while the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) gave depositors and general creditors a full guarantee (not subject to the $100,000 FDIC deposit-insurance limit) and provided direct assistance of $2 billion (including participations).Money center banks assembled an additional $5.3 billion unsecured facility pending a resolution and resumption of more-normal business.These measures slowed, but did not stop, the outflow of deposits.