# Currency Swap on The No Agenda Show

Currency Swap comes up in 4 chapters across 4 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from July 2009 to December 2025.

- **Chapters:** 4
- **Episodes:** 4
- **Discussed:** July 2009 – December 2025
- **Related topics:** [Federal Reserve](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/federal-reserve.md), [Alan Grayson](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/alan-grayson.md), [Argentina](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/argentina.md), [Bailout](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/bailout.md), [Ben Bernanke](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/ben-bernanke.md), [C-span](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/c-span.md), [China](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/china.md), [Ecb](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/ecb.md), [Greece](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/greece.md), [Honduras](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/honduras.md)

## Chapters 1–4 of 4

### Argentina Loan, Roosevelt Corollary and Regional Influence

- **Episode:** [1825: MUK-Ultra](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1825-muk-ultra.md)
- **Published:** 2025-12-14
- **Time:** 1:25:28–1:28:29
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1825-muk-ultra/chapter/argentina-loan-roosevelt-corollary-and-regional-influence.md

The U.S. has strengthened ties with Argentina under President Javier Milei, issuing a $20 billion currency swap to support the nation's economy. Conversely, Trump has threatened to cut funding to Honduras if preferred candidates do not win. This selective interventionism is compared to the Roosevelt Corollary, where the U.S. assumes the responsibility to interfere in the Western Hemisphere to protect its interests.

Keywords: [argentina](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/argentina.md), [honduras](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/honduras.md), [javier milei](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/javier-milei.md), roosevelt corollary, [currency swap](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/currency-swap.md)

### China as Global Bailout Bank, Currency Swaps

- **Episode:** [682: Sir Duke Don Tomaso Di Toronto Presents](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/682-sir-duke-don-tomaso-di-toronto-presents.md)
- **Published:** 2015-01-01
- **Time:** 1:29:36–1:32:56
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/682-sir-duke-don-tomaso-di-toronto-presents/chapter/china-as-global-bailout-bank-currency-swaps.md

China is increasingly acting as a global lender of last resort, providing currency swaps and bailouts to Russia, Venezuela, and Argentina. This move challenges the dominance of the IMF and the World Bank. The U.S. is seen as resisting these shifts to protect the dollar's status as the primary reserve currency, while China maneuvers for a higher position in the international financial pecking order.

Keywords: [china](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/china.md), [imf](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/imf.md), [russia](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/russia.md), [venezuela](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/venezuela.md), [currency swap](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/currency-swap.md), [reserve currency](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/reserve-currency.md)

### Greek Bailout, Federal Reserve Currency Swaps

- **Episode:** [386: Balochistan Baloney](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/386-balochistan-baloney.md)
- **Published:** 2012-02-26
- **Time:** 2:32:34–2:34:28
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/386-balochistan-baloney/chapter/greek-bailout-federal-reserve-currency-swaps.md

The hosts discuss the Greek debt crisis, noting that Germany is sending 300 tax collectors to Greece to ensure bankers are repaid. They explain how the U.S. Federal Reserve facilitated a $2 trillion currency swap with the European Central Bank to prop up European banks. This "overnight swap" is described as a way to use American funds to bail out foreign financial institutions.

Keywords: [greece](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/greece.md), [bailout](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/bailout.md), [federal reserve](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/federal-reserve.md), [currency swap](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/currency-swap.md), [ecb](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/ecb.md), tax collectors

### Alan Grayson, Ben Bernanke, Foreign Central Bank Currency Swaps

- **Episode:** [116: German Soldiers On American Soil This Week](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/116-german-soldiers-on-american-soil-this-week.md)
- **Published:** 2009-07-27
- **Time:** 30:11–35:14
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/116-german-soldiers-on-american-soil-this-week/chapter/alan-grayson-ben-bernanke-foreign-central-bank-currency-swaps.md

During a C-SPAN broadcast of a House Financial Services Committee hearing, Congressman Alan Grayson questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke regarding $553 billion in central bank liquidity swaps. Bernanke admitted he did not know specifically which foreign financial institutions received the funds after they were transferred to foreign central banks. Grayson highlighted a $9 billion swap with New Zealand as an example of credit extended abroad rather than to Americans.

Keywords: [alan grayson](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/alan-grayson.md), [ben bernanke](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/ben-bernanke.md), [federal reserve](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/federal-reserve.md), currency swaps, [c-span](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/c-span.md)

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