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xchrom

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15. Fed hints at new bond-buying scheme

Reply to Tansy_Gold (Original post)

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 08:09 AM

Nov 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20334488

The US Federal Reserve may launch a new bond-buying stimulus programme at the start of next year, released minutes have revealed.

The minutes showed that "a number" of the Fed's senior officials want to see a current bond-buying scheme, dubbed Operation Twist, replaced.

Under Twist, which expires in December, the central bank has been selling short-term Treasury bonds and using the proceeds to buy longer-term bonds.

The aim is to cut long-term loan rates.

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