Share prices in American and European Banks also came under pressure after the Federal Housing Finance Agency filed lawsuits for the alleged mis-selling of mortgage-backed securities.

联邦住房金融署以所谓的不当销售抵押证券对美国和欧洲银行提起诉讼，欧美银行的股价也受到了冲击。

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Currently, bank-held federal-agency securities and debt amount to one-third of total bank capital a highly concentrated risk.

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The Fed will exchange the Treasury notes for other securities, including federal agency debt, federal agency residential mortgage-backed securities and nonagency AAA-rated private-label residential mortgage-backed securities.

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In fact, the federal agency that regulates these products (the Securities and Exchange Commission) has been found to be compromised by conflicts of interest.

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