http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... r.oY2YKc2g
La FED a prêté $1 500 Mds aux banques (non ce n'est pas une erreur de frappe) sans que personne ne sache contre quels collatéraux. Bloombeg dit avoir demandé plusieurs fois à la FED de révéler ces informations, sans succés.Bloomberg News asked a U.S. court today to force the Federal Reserve to disclose securities the central bank is accepting on behalf of American taxpayers as collateral for $1.5 trillion of loans to banks.
The lawsuit is based on the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, which requires federal agencies to make government documents available to the press and the public, according to the complaint. The suit, filed in New York, doesn't seek money damages.
``The American taxpayer is entitled to know the risks, costs and methodology associated with the unprecedented government bailout of the U.S. financial industry,'' said Matthew Winkler, the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, a unit of New York-based Bloomberg LP, in an e-mail.
The Fed has lent $1.5 trillion to banks, including Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., through programs such as its discount window, the Primary Dealer Credit Facility and the Term Securities Lending Facility. Collateral is an asset pledged to a lender in the event that a loan payment isn't made.
Or la FED est sensée être supervisée par le Congrès et Bloomberg demande la transparence au nom du "contribuable américain (god bless america, united we stand)".
La FED se retranche derrière une "confidential commercial information''.
Même si cette demande risque d'être rejetée, ça commence à devenir intéressant