- "We must use every means to prevent the financial crisis impacting growth of the real economy" - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
- "The danger of a collapse (on financial markets) is far from over. Any all-clear would be wrong" - German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck
- "I think that 2009 will not be a good year" - French Economy Minister Christine Legarde.
- "This is a once in a lifetime crisis, and possibly the largest financial crisis of its kind in human history" - Bank of England Deputy Governor Charles Bean.
- "They are all worried about the oil price. There are just different degrees of worry" - senior Gulf official