The Federal Reserve took several steps to address the US credit crisis, including establishing new lending facilities to provide banks with liquidity and lower interest rates. The Term Auction Facility, Term Securities Lending Facility, Primary Dealer Credit Facility, and Commercial Paper Funding Facility allowed banks and dealers to borrow directly from the Fed. The Fed also lowered interest rate targets and expanded currency swaps with other central banks to ease global credit. However, the responses failed to prevent high inflation and a weaker dollar, and may have increased moral hazard risk.