I don't buy it.
This is prelude to TARP 3.0.
Another X Trillion dollar feeding frenzy.
CDS caused the entire crisis by leveraging losses against insured positions that didn't exist ! Position limits on CDS to outstanding underlying (1:1) could have been implemented months ago, and this whole crisis DONE!.
No attempt was made to stem bank losses at the source.
Why? In order to keep the crisis going.
12.8 Trillion in bailout money has been loaned or promised to American Banks, so far.
American Banks have never dreamed of this type of money!
Look who's running the "Stress test".
The FED. Who owns the FED? Member Banks.
So we've got American Banks telling us they'll fail the stress test (problem), that demands they get another bailout from themselves (solution).
Where is the trillions in bailout money going? Not one company or corporation has posted earnings anywhere close to account for the cheddar being trucked out from the US Mint.
Its simply "disappeared".
In a zero-sum world, how is that possible?