At the same time, many Americans, fedupwith Wall Street, have been pulling money out of the stockmarket and putting it into old-fashioned savings accounts at banks, even though they earn almost no interest.
On the night of Mr Rodrigues' death, Mansell had been drinking heavily and flew into a rage, saying she was fedupwith the noise from Mr Rodrigues' flat.
Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke have been a veritable tag team in coming upwith ways to ameliorate the crisis, which has resulted in a significant expansion of the Fed's own economic toolbox.