The Fed has committed about $600 billion in loans to banks, an amount that represents perhaps half of all the distressed debt in the market, said Lehman Brothers credit strategist Amitabh Arora.

• 美联储在星期五说它将提高它将在5月份提供给美国银行的紧急准备金的数额到1500亿美元，四月份时它只提供了1000亿美元。