The new disclosure identifies four swap transactions between the Bank and the Federal Reserve additional to those dollar swap facilities initially introduced in September 2008. These additional transactions supported the provision of Emergency Liquidity Assistance to RBS in October 2008. The liquidity RBS obtained through those transactions was part of the total support provided by the Bank, and included in the figures outlined in the previous statement detailing ELA provision published on 24 November 2009. That stated that the Bank provided ELA to RBS between 7 October 2008 and 16 December 2008 and that use of the facility peaked at £36.6bn on 17 October.
Published on
01 December 2010
Press release