Foreign banks were among the biggest beneficiaries of the $3,300bn in emergency credit provided by the Federal Reserve during the crisis, according to new data on the extraordinary efforts of the US authorities to save the global financial system.
Under the Dodd-Frank financial reform act, the Fed on Wednesday detailed more than 21,000 transactions with banks carried out through half a dozen special financing programmes starting in 2007. They include the Primary Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF) for overnight funding of investment banks and the Term Auction Facility (TAF) for one- to three-month loansFull story here http://video.ft.com/v/694692710001/Fed-loan-details-show-aid-to-European-banks
And remember this headline from last February 2010 (link)
I'm just waiting for the Trumpets.
ReplyDeleteI do not remember Bernake's warning. I'm off to check it out. Thanks Norm.
ReplyDeleteMaggie,
ReplyDeleteI got that headline from here
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/federal-reserve-chairman-ben-bernanke-warns-congress-that-the-federal-reserve-will-not-print-money-to-pay-for-the-exploding-u-s-national-debt
Norm