Sentences with phrase «round of bond purchases»

When the Fed announced a new round of bond purchases, interest rates on 10 - year Treasuries did drop.

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That data raised a fresh round of questions about how the Federal Reserve will proceed on further cutting back on its massive monthly bond purchases, which have kept long - term rates low and encouraged a strong rally on equity markets.

The bond purchases, the third round of quantitative easing embarked upon by the Fed in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse and subsequent recession, have kept interest rates and bond yields low.

Valeri noted that could change, though, as occurred with the first round of quantitative easing, where a massive $ 1.25 trillion purchase of mortgage - backed securities was followed months later by a large - scale purchase of Treasury bonds.

Awash in Liquidity The second round of quantitative easing, known as QE2, follows the Fed's purchases of nearly $ 2 trillion of bonds during the Great Recession.

Wall Street would like to see another round of quantitative easing, where the central bank purchases bonds, but that may be too aggressive a step at this time.

Central bankers around the world are debasing fiat currencies with rounds of quantitative easing, resulting in trillions of government bonds being purchased and swapped.

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