Federal Reserve Says Disclosing Loans Will Hurt Banks

Posted on 27 August 2009

The Fed’s board of governors asked the Manhattan Chief U.S. District Judge, Loretta Preska, to delay the enforcement of her decision, which she took on 24th August about the identities of borrowers.

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The decision required that the identities of borrowers in 11 lending programs must be made public by Aug. 31. Until the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York can hear the case, until the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York can hear the case, the central bank wants Preska to stay her order.

Yesterday, The Federal Reserve argued that identifying the financial institutions that benefited from its emergency loans would harm the companies and render the central bank’s planned appeal of a court ruling moot.

According to the motion, the immediate release of these documents will destroy the board’s claims of exemption and the right of appellate review. The institutions whose names and information would be disclosed will also suffer irreparable harm.

The motion also suggested that The Fed’s ability to effectively manage the current, and any future, financial crisis would also be impaired, causing significant harms to the U.S. economy.

The central bank didn’t say when it would file its appeal. In a conference call today, Fed lawyer Kit Wheatley told Preska that she did not know how long it would take for the Fed board to search the New York Fed for records.

The Fed has refused to name the financial firms it lent to or disclose the amounts or the assets put up as collateral under the emergency programs, saying disclosure might set off a run by depositors and unsettle shareholders.

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