With $2 trillion in excess reserves, and the prospect of as much as $85 billion added each month, banks receive $5 billion a year, and rising, without taking any risk. For the bankers, that’s a bonanza, paid from monies that the Fed would normally pay to the US Treasury.
超额准备金高达2万亿美元，而且预计将以每个月850亿美元的速度增加，银行将因此每年获得50亿美元（而且会越来越多），还不用承担任何风险。对银行家来说，这简直是天降馅饼，这笔钱通常是美联储付给美国财政部的。此外，雪上加霜的是，一半的支付额流入了外国银行的分支机构。