The US Federal Reserve has released an extra $180 billion in a coordinated move to increase available funds in global financial markets. The money is being distributed via temporary foreign currency swap arrangements (ÔÇ£swap linesÔÇØ) to five other central banksÔÇöthe Bank of England, the European Central Bank, and the central banks of Switzerland, Canada and JapanÔÇöwho will issue the funds to commercial banks in their own countries.┬á┬á The coordinated move comes after four days of almost unprecedented turmoil in the global financial industry, and is additional to fu