On August 9, 2007, France's largest bank, BNP Paribas, froze the assets of three funds tied to the US mortgage securities. The bank was unable to price the assets of the funds since the trading of mortgage securities has virtually halted and thus preventing investors from being able to determine a security's market price. As a result the European Central Bank injected €94.8 billion into the European financial system to increase liquidity that had been sapped from the market as investors shunned risk in the markets. This is the largest single loan ever made by the ECB, surpassing the €69.3 billion loan made after the September 11th attacks. On the same day, the US Federal Reserve injected $24 billion into the US financial system.
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