"It turns out that there's a lot of interlinks throughout the financial system..."

Federal News Radio - WFED: President Bush's remarks on the economy

This crisis goes beyond the understanding of most "experts".

"The (derivatives) problem was last reported by BIS (Bank of International Settlements) as one quadrillion, one thousand one hundred forty four trillion - just an ant hill larger than the $700 billion requested to make whole the problem. With derivatives, notional value becomes full value when the counter-party goes into default (bankruptcy, restructuring, can't make a payment)."