As a doctor, with my professional knowledge and clinical experience, my role is to offer comfort and soothe them," she said.

Seeking to soothe concerns, FCA stressed "new opportunities for employees of both companies".

As with the man who succeeded him, Alan Greenspan, Volcker could soothe or excite financial markets with just a vague murmur.

Nevertheless, "the space on the monetary side is limited as we need to stick to our efforts to contain the leveraging ratio, while the room for fiscal action is larger－more tax cuts, especially in value-added tax, and a reduction in social security contributions can soothe economic concerns," said Ma Jun, an advisor to the People's Bank of China, in an interview with China Daily, adding to signs that the financial regulators do not intend to change course from current deleveraging moves.

Such efforts, expanding more viable channels to raise money, are quite crucial to soothe downward concerns at the time when the government has closed the door on illegal financing for infrastructure projects.