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  • Former Fed VP Accuses Bernanke Of Bailing Out Europe Via Currency Swaps

    12/28/2011 10:32:58 AM PST · by cowtowney · 9 replies
    Zerohedge ^ | 12/28/2012 | Tyler Durden
    First it was Zero Hedge. Then Ron Paul joined in. Now it is the turn of a former Dallas Fed Vice President, Gerald ODriscoll, to outright accuse the Fed of bailing out Europe courtesy of "incomprehensible" currency swaps, and implicitly accusing Bernanke of lying that he would not bail out Europe even as he has done precisely that. And not only that: by cutting the USD swap spread from OIS+100 to OIS+50, the Fed has made sure it gets paid less than ever for extended Europe the courtesy of bailing it out all over again. Incidentally, O'Driscoll says, "America's central...