"What we're trying to do is stop the bleeding, strengthen the markets, return it to -- return people's confidence," White House press secretary Dana Perino said Friday afternoon.
Perino added that the Treasury Department will take "two to several weeks" to implement the $700 billion rescue plan.
In anticipation of the president's Saturday meeting with the G-7, Perino said, "The goal of the meeting overall is to continue the good communication and cooperative spirit of trying to find common solutions, while respecting the fact that each nation has individual problems and challenges and needs and ways to address them."
Bush has also mentioned the economic rescue plan during 13 other events and three radio addresses in recent weeks.
Of the nine previous statements dedicated specifically to the financial crisis, a breakdown of what has happened on those days goes as follows:
Oct. 7: Market closed down 408, Dow at 9447
Oct. 3: Market closed down 370, Dow at 9955
Sept. 30: Market closed up 485, Dow at 10850
Sept. 29: Market closed down 777, Dow at 10365
Sept. 26: Market closed up 121, Dow at 11143
Sept. 25: Market closed up 196, Dow at 11022
Sept. 24: Market closed down 29, Dow at 10825
Sept. 19: Market closed up 368, Dow at 11388
Sept. 18: Market closed up 410, Down at 11019
ABC News' Jen Duck contributed to this report.
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