Fed uzavřel se čtyřmi zeměmi (Jižní Koreou, Brazílií, Mexikem a Singapurem) swapovou dohodu v objemu 30 miliard dolarů pro každou z nich. MMF ohlásil novou krátkodobou dohodu o rychlém poskytování prostředků omezenému počtu zemí s dobrou politikou.
The United States Federal Reserve and the International Monetary Fund have both taken some positive steps. The Fed has created a swap facility for four countries (South Korea, Brazil, Mexico and Singapore) of $30 billion each.  The IMF has announced a new quick-dispersing short-term facility for a limited number of countries with good policies.  The questions are whether these will be enough and what happens to those countries that will not be able to avail themselves of these programs.