Here’s Why Swap Lines Are Critical To Your Foreign Investments
The implementation of swap lines is one of the most consequential financial decisions taken by the Federal Reserve in recent times. Yet few people have even heard of them.

The implementation of swap lines is one of the most consequential financial decisions taken by the Federal Reserve in recent times. Yet few people have even heard of them.
I know, because when I talk about the swap line program, I have found myself speaking into a vacuum. I haven’t come across one person in a hundred — including business executives, politicians, professional investors, and financial writers — who is even cognizant of its existence, much less aware of its significance.
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