Aopparently the latest American answer to all the economic woes is ‘Operation Twist‘:
http://economicsnewspaper.com/policy/german/everything-for-the-u-s-economy-fed-rehearses-operation-twist-70302.html
This is intriguing as ‘Operation Twist’ was last similarly used by the American Government in 1961 when I seem to recall I also bought a record called ‘Let’s Twist Again’ by Chubby Checker.