That panic subsided – and gold prices started to drift down again – after US banks were subjected to “stress tests,” America’s Troubled Asset Relief Program further backstopped the financial system by removing bad assets from banks’ balance sheets, and the global economy gradually bottomed out.
随着美国对银行进行“压力测试”，推出问题资产剥离计划（TARP），剥离银行坏账以进一步支持金融体系等一系列措施的见效，全球经济衰退逐渐接近底部，那一轮恐慌也慢慢消散了，于是金价再度掉头向下。