Fed Stonewalling on Giving Details About Collateral Accepted for Loans

"In case you somehow managed to miss it, our friendly pawnbroker of last resort central bank has been taking lots of crap collateral in return for loans under its alphabet soup of facilities. As we are learaning in our housing meltdown, collateral may not prove to be worth as much as it was said to be at the time the loan was made. Inquiring minds are curious as to what, exactly the Fed has taken, particularly as the numbers are becoming stratospheric."