So the FED has been buying massive amounts of the troubled (i.e., subprime) banking sector assets that no one wants because they are known to be next to worthless. Next the FED pays the banks interest on the money paid for the worthless assets so they wouldn't lend it out,that would be inflationary. Now the only way out for the FED is if these troubled assets some how magically regain the face value the FED paid for them. Note the article is three years old and they are still buying $85 billion of this garbage per month. I don't see how this is ever going to come to a happy ending.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/The-Ci...ts-successfully