Sentences with phrase «size of its bond purchases»

Investors have had a long time to digest the taper news: Their reaction to the Fed actually shrinking the size of its bond purchases is likely to be smaller than their reaction in anticipation of such a move.

Still, 70 % said the Fed should continue reducing the monthly size of its bond purchases and end the program completely by the end of the year, with 58 % expecting that to happen.

Not exact matches

Until now, the ECB has stated that it stands ready to increase the level of bond purchases it makes in both duration and / or size, in case the economic outlook deteriorates in the euro zone.

But long - term government bond yields fell to record lows for many euro area countries after a speech by ECB President Draghi on 21 November, which stressed that the ECB will do what is required to raise inflation and inflation expectation by adjusting the size, pace and composition of asset purchases, if the currently announced policies prove to be insufficient.

As it had announced at the end of 2016, the ECB cut the size of its monthly bond purchases from $ 80 billion to $ 60 billion in April, but President Draghi also moved to quell speculation about an increase in the ECB's deposit rate later this year, which some critics had called for, even before any curtailment of the ECB's quantitative easing program.

The size of the package, the open - ended nature of the commitment and the willingness to purchase longer dated bonds all came as positive surprises to investors, driving this past week's strong equity rally.

The size of the spread depends on how large a purchase you make (typically the minimum is a $ 5,000 value) and each broker will have different premiums for different bonds.