When the Fed Decided to Buy Long-Term Treasury Securities While

question 192

Multiple Choice

When the Fed decided to buy long-term Treasury securities while selling an equal amount of shorter-term treasury securities to keep long-term interest rates low,it was following a strategy known as

• A)securitization.
• B)operation twist.
• C)quantitative easing.
• D)indirect finance.

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