NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve provided $100 million of liquidity to foreign central banks in the latest week via its swap lines for foreign central banks, the New York Fed said on Thursday.
The European Central Bank swapped $100 million with a term of 6 days and a rate of 2.42 percent.
The Federal Reserve has established swap arrangements with the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Swiss National Bank, and the Bank of Japan in an effort to respond to the reemergence of strains in short-term funding markets in Europe.
The full Fed report can be found at: here
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