It appears that all major powers in 2014 signed an agreement to bail each others banks out kind of like the NATO arrangement with security this one is financial. I first got wind of it listening to Glen beck while driving. He reported that the FED has been pumping 75-100 billion dollars a day into the banking system and no-one knows which banks and the government doesn't seem to be interested either. There is speculation it is to cover bank losses in Europe . In Europe they do not have to calculate losses into their balance sheet so it appears everything is fine until it isn't . So if I'm understanding what I am reading the US taxpayer is bailing out European banks. Marty