Paulson Comments on Health of U.S. Economy

The Treasury released statements made by Henry Paulson:

- Paulson has "great confidence" in our markets
- the Central Banks coordination efforts are having "desired effect"
- the high-yield debt market is "impaired, but operational"
- U.S. Equity and Treasury markets are functioning "well"
- our economy will show continued signs of slowing growth in the weeks ahead
- the capital markets are showing "progress towards stability"
- U.S. core inflation "remains contained"

These bullet-points were reported by Bloomberg.