[FRB성명 전문]"한국 등, 규모 크고 중요"

미 연방준비제도이사회(FRB)는 29일(현지시간) 한국은행과 300억달러 한도의 통화스와프 협정을 체결했다고 공식 발표했다.

연준은 한국 외에 이날 브라질, 멕시코, 싱가포르 등 3개 국가의 중앙은행과도 300억 달러 한도의 통화스와프 계약을 체결했다. 스왑 계약 기간은 내년 4월까지이다.


연준은 성명을 통해 "통화스와프는 국제금융시장의 유동성을 개선하는 한편, 펀더멘털이 건전하고 잘 관리된 국가들이 달러조달에 어려움을 겪고 있는 상황을 완화시키기 위한 것"이라고 밝혔다.

특히 한국 등 4개국과의 스와프는 "이머징 마켓으로 확산되고 있는 글로벌 금융시장 혼란으로 인한 어려움을 덜어주기 위한 것"이라고 덧붙였다.

이들 4개국가들은 '규모가 크고 세계 경제 시스템에 중요하다 (four large and systemically important economies)'며 계약 체결 이유를 설명했다.


이로써 지금까지 미 연준과 통화스와프 계약을 체결한 중앙은행은 오스트리아, 캐나다, 덴마크, 영국, 유럽중앙은행(ECB), 일본, 노르웨이, 스웨덴, 스위스, 뉴질랜드에 이어 한국 등 4개국이 추가돼 총 14개로 늘었다.

아래는 성명전문


For release at 3:30 p.m. EDT

Today, the Federal Reserve, the Banco Central do Brasil, the Banco de Mexico, the Bank of Korea, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore are announcing the establishment of temporary reciprocal currency arrangements (swap lines). These facilities, like those already established with other central banks, are designed to help improve liquidity conditions in global financial markets and to mitigate the spread of difficulties in obtaining U.S. dollar funding in fundamentally sound and well managed economies.

Federal Reserve Actions
In response to the heightened stress associated with the global financial turmoil, which has broadened to emerging market economies, the Federal Reserve has authorized the establishment of temporary liquidity swap facilities with the central banks of these four large and systemically important economies. These new facilities will support the provision of U.S. dollar liquidity in amounts of up to $30 billion each by the Banco Central do Brasil, the Banco de Mexico, the Bank of Korea, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

These reciprocal currency arrangements have been authorized through April 30, 2009.

The FOMC previously authorized temporary reciprocal currency arrangements with ten other central banks: the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Bank of Canada, Danmarks Nationalbank, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the Norges Bank, the Sveriges Riksbank, and the Swiss National Bank.

IMF Announcement
Separately, the Federal Reserve welcomes the announcement today by the International Monetary Fund of the establishment of the Short-Term Liquidity Facility, which is designed to help member countries that are facing temporary liquidity problems in the global capital markets. The Federal Reserve is supportive of the IMF's role in helping countries address and resolve their ongoing economic and financial difficulties.

Information on Related Actions Being Taken by Other Central Banks and by the IMF
Information on the actions that will be taken by central banks and by the International Monetary Fund is available at the following websites: