And it is difficult to deny that the Fed should take a close interest in the funding strategies of foreign banks operating in the US. Another Fed governor, Jeremy Stein, has pointed out that foreign banks have dollar liabilities of roughly $8 trillion, much of it short-term wholesale funding.
目前对保护主义政策的强烈担忧或许有些过虑了。但也难以否认美联储应该更加关注在美外资银行的融资策略。另一位美联储理事——杰里米·斯坦因（Jeremy Stein）曾指出外资银行有大约8万亿的美元债务，其中大部分是短期的大规模融资。