This criticism reflects the fact that the United States has just been through a major financial crisis, in the course of which the Fed took a series of extraordinary steps. It helped bail out Bear Stearns, the government-backed mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and the insurance giant AIG.
这类批评反映了美联储刚刚经历了重大金融危机的事实，在此期间，美联储采取了一系列非常规措施。它出手救助了贝尔斯登公司（Bear Stearns）、政府支持的按揭贷款商房利美和房地美以及保险巨头AIG。它扩大了美元互换规模，其对象不仅包括英格兰银行和欧洲央行，也包括墨西哥、巴西、韩国和新加坡央行。它还以量化宽松的名义前所未有地扩大了其资产负债表。