The Treasury's answer to him has been: Yes, we'll increase capital (investment) spending but only by making further cuts to current (day-to-day) spending but we won't borrow more.

BBC: Economy: Stick to... no, change... the course

If a government recapitalisation does prove necessary, the treasury is likely to take one of two routes: a preferred-stock investment that allows the agencies to raise more capital of their own, or nationalisation through a common-equity injection that leaves current owners with nothing, and thus offers the taxpayer a better deal.

ECONOMIST: American finance