Specifically, the Bank of Japan and other European central banks made swap arrangements, received the supply of dollars from the central bank of the United States, the Federal Reserve, and supplied them to financial institutions in their own countries (Chart 8). This made dollar funding of financial institutions in each country easier.
3  For the policy measures adopted by the Bank during the current financial crisis, see "The Bank of Japan's Policy Measures in the Current Financial Crisis", and regarding the policy measures adopted by the major central banks, see "Konji Kin'yu Kiki ni okeru Shuyo Chuo Ginko no Seisaku Un'ei ni tsuite (Major Central Banks' Policy Operations in the Current Financial Crisis)", published by the Monetary Affairs Department of the Bank (July 2009, available only in Japanese).