미국의 중앙은행 격인 연방준비제도(연준·Fed)가 19일(현지시간) 한국은행 등 9개국 중앙은행과 통화스와프 계약을 체결했다고 공식 발표했다.
연준은 이날 성명에서 "국제 달러화 자금시장의 경색을 완화하기 위한 조치"라며 "국내외 가계와 기업의 신용 공급의 경색에 미치는 영향을 완화하는 데 목적이 있다"고 설명했다.
연준의 통화스와프 계약 규모는 한국·호주·브라질·멕시코·싱가포르·스웨덴 중앙은행과는 600억달러(약 76조원), 덴마크·노르웨이·뉴질랜드 중앙은행과는 300억달러(약 38조원)다. 기간은 최소 6개월이다.
다음은 연준의 발표문 전문이다.
March 19, 2020
Federal Reserve announces the establishment of temporary U.S. dollar liquidity arrangements with other central banks
For release at 9:00 a.m. EDT
The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced the establishment of temporary U.S. dollar liquidity arrangements (swap lines) with the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Banco Central do Brasil, the Danmarks Nationalbank (Denmark), the Bank of Korea, the Banco de Mexico, the Norges Bank (Norway), the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden).
These facilities, like those already established between the Federal Reserve and other central banks, are designed to help lessen strains in global U.S. dollar funding markets, thereby mitigating the effects of these strains on the supply of credit to households and businesses, both domestically and abroad.
These new facilities will support the provision of U.S. dollar liquidity in amounts up to $60 billion each for the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Banco Central do Brasil, the Bank of Korea, the Banco de Mexico, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the Sveriges Riksbank and $30 billion each for the Danmarks Nationalbank, the Norges Bank, and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. These U.S. dollar liquidity arrangements will be in place for at least six months.
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The Federal Reserve also has standing U.S. dollar liquidity swap lines with the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, and the Swiss National Bank.
