Japan Daily
Posted by WARREN MOSLER on October 27th, 2008
This means they will accept it as collateral for the unlimited USD loans from the Fed.
This will not end well.
BOJ to Accept Asset-Backed Commercial Paper as Collateral from Tuesday
TOKYO (Dow Jones)–The Bank of Japan said Monday it will accept as collateral asset-backed commercial paper guaranteed by the bank’s counterparty financial institutions, starting Tuesday. This is a temporary measure until the end of April 2009 to ease tension in the short-term money market, the BOJ said.
Earlier this month, The BOJ announced a number of steps to ensure the smooth functioning of the country’s money markets, including providing greater access to U.S. dollar funds through a swap agreement with the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, and broadening the kinds of collateral the BOJ would accept for repurchase agreement transactions.
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October 27th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Does anyone have a read on how much the Fed has loaned out to foreign central banks via the FX swap facility under the new guidelines to lend in unlimited quantities?
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