http://www.marketwatch.com/story/global-central-banks-move-to-bolster-liquidity-2011-11-30 FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) â Global central banks announced coordinated action on Wednesday to shore up liquidity in the financial system as Europeâs banking system showed growing signs of stress. The moves were announced in statements issued simultaneously by the U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank. Hopefully no one was short.