You know, one of those really thick, syrupy, brownish antibiotic infusions that takes 25 seconds to pull into the syringe.

The Fed and the European Central Bank doubled to $240 billion the amount of dollars being made available to banks hungry for cash. In an announcement Monday by the ECB — the central bank to the 15-nation euro zone — said it and the Fed decided to double their temporary reciprocal currency arrangements, or swap lines, from $120 billion to $240 billion.

Europe has managed to fail to avoid the financial failure of the United States. All those smug, French-accented cat calls from last month are sounding a bit premature now. So is the premature Chinese investment in Fortis. Don’t fret, China. We screwed Japan but good back in the ’80s with real-estate.
Central Banks Inject More Cash As Money Markets Remain Frozen [Wall Street Journal]

Comments (5)

  1. Posted by AJ | September 29, 2008 at 10:51 AM

    EP – gross

  2. Posted by StupidEquityGuy | September 29, 2008 at 10:52 AM
  3. Posted by BetaFactory | September 29, 2008 at 11:03 AM

    Freedom fries!
    Surrunder monkeys!
    Et cetera!

  4. Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:03 AM

    Shoulda made Cheney Fed Chairman, he directs his shot where they’re most effective, right in the kissa.

  5. Posted by michange | September 29, 2008 at 11:06 AM

    Me Belgian says EP dumber than I thought in the first place.
    Big loosers for years ahead = US people.

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