This survey provides an overview of the various measures and programs for the financial sector which have been adopted or announced, or are currently being discussed, by the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom in response to the financial crisis. The first chart, on the next page, contains a summary of various tools. The charts which follow compare the different tools as well as provide references to government and news sources on a program by program basis.


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