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Comment by inigyou

5 hours ago

How will the fed do that? What will the side effects be? Why didn't it do that at the latest FOMC?

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mono442  5 hours ago

Qe, yield curve control or possibly other market operations. There won't be any real consequences, it's just an asset swap. They buy bonds and in turn create new interbank reserves.

  • inigyou  4 hours ago

    If there are no bad consequences, why haven't they done it yet?

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