1.   Finance experts say the Thai crisis presents no comparable systemic threat.

2.   Read closely, it clearly demands that the ultimate punishment be reserved for systemic threats to the state, rather than the personal failings of a reckless individual.

3.   The real systemic threat to the global economy today is the continuing risk of large-scale bank failures in Japan.

4.   On the consolidation of the finance sector, he said the exercise should not be seen merely as a reaction to systemic threats.