goverment banking bale out reall or imagined ?

[Jbird]

Hello, With regard to goverment bale outs etc.
Does any real money via transfere or other means, actually take place where the recipient can see it on there balance sheet or is it a case of " meum dictum pactum" with fingers crossed behind the back

[R1Geezer]

If any changes hands it's for actual shares, usually preference shares. Othrwise they are mearely making money available to guarentee loans/deposits etc, by doing so they hope to avoid panic.

[Rollo]

What do you mean by "real money"?

If I send you a cheque for �10 and you deposit it in your bank account is that "real money"? Or would it only be "real money" if I sent you a �10 note?

[R1Geezer]

did you read the question Rollo? ......where the recipient can see it on their balance sheet....... Seems clear enough to me. Cash is a very small proportion of total money.

[Rollo]

No, of course I didn't read the question. Why would I do that?

I merely wanted to know what was meant by "real moneyt".

[R1Geezer]

"... where the recipient can't see it on their balance sheet..."

what part of that is troubling you?