Mr Paulson's plan is to use public money to buy assets from Banks whose value has slumped with every lurch downwards in America's housing market and which have been shunned by the private sector.

保尔森的计划是使用公共资金来购买银行的不良资产。这些资产由于美国房地产市场的大幅下跌而严重缩水，私人资本对此也无人问津。