stoje_i_patrze
18.12.08, 08:51
Oto różnica (z innego blogu
(xtrends.blogspot.com/2008/12/currency-whiplash.html#disqus_thread)
According to Fed officials, the central bank's approach is distinct from
quantitative easing and different from what the Japanese did. The Fed's
balance sheet has two sides: assets with securities the Fed holds (including
loans, credit facilities, mortgage-backed securities) and liabilities (cash
and bank reserves).
Japan's quantitative easing program focused on the liability side, expanding
cash in the system and excess reserves by a large amount.
The Fed's focus, however, is on the asset side through mortgage-backed
securities, agency debt, the commercial paper program, the loan auctions and
swaps with foreign central banks. That's designed to improve credit-market
functioning, the official said.
By expanding the balance sheet by making loans, the focus is not on excess
reserves but on the asset side. That securities-lending approach directly
affects credit spreads, which is the problem today