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open market operation

Any of the purchases and sales of government securities and commercial paper by a central bank in an effort to regulate the money supply and credit conditions. Open market operations can also be used to stabilize the prices of government securities. When the central bank buys securities on the open market, it increases the reserves of commercial banks, making it possible for them to expand their loans and investments. It also increases the price of government securities, equivalent to reducing their interest rates, and decreases interest rates generally, thus encouraging investment. If the central bank sells securities, the effects are reversed. Open market operations are usually performed with short-term government securities such as treasury bills.

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No references found			Thus, expansionary monetary policy via standard open-market operations by a central bank is the first item on the checklist of what to do in a financial crisis. The Price of Inaction by Daily News Egypt (Egypt) Besides expanding the TAF's money-creating activity, the Fed also announced an additional $100 billion to be offered in the form of 28-day repos through the Fed's open-market operations. Fed's new inflationary measures by The New American [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Except for the instruments involved, the mechanics of an intervention are exactly like those of an open-market operation, and like open-market operations, foreign-exchange interventions have the potential to alter the amount of reserves in the banking system. Is foreign exchange intervention a good idea? by Humpage, Owen F.; Shenk, Michael / Economic Trends			open-end investment company open-end method open-end mortgage open-end wrench open-ended open-ended class open-ended system Open-Flame Arc open-floor system open-flow capacity open-flow potential open-flow test open-flow well open-frame girder open-fuse cutout open-graded aggregate open-grain open-grained open-heart surgery Open-Hearth Furnace open-hearth process Open-Hearth Production open-hole completion open-link fuse Open-Loop Control System open-market operations open-newel stair open-packed structure open-phase protection open-phase relay open-pit mining open-pit quarry open-plan educational building open-plan office open-riser stair open-side planer open-side tool block open-space index open-space structure open-stope method open-string stair open-system architecture open-timber floor open-timbered open-timbered roof open-top agitating truck open-top mixer open-web girder open-web joist open-web steel joist open-well stair			Open-high-low-close chart open-hole completion Open-label study Open-label trial Open-Line Garden Show open-link fuse Open-List Proportional Representation Open-Loop Carrier Synchronizer Open-Loop Control open-loop control system Open-loop controller Open-Loop Feedback Control Open-Loop Onset Point Open-Loop Power Control Open-Loop Power Control Error Open-Loop Rate Control Open-Loop Resonator Open-Loop Resonator Filter Open-Loop Time Division Multiple Access Open-Loop Tracking Complex Open-Loop-Feedback-Optimal Open-mapping theorem Open-market Open-market Open-market Open-market Open-Market Operation Open-Market Operation open-market operations open-market purchase Open-market purchase operation Open-Market Purchase Operations Open-Market Purchases Open-Market Rate Open-market rates Open-Market Transaction Open-Market Transactions Open-mic Open-mid central unrounded vowel open-minded open-minded open-mindedly open-mindedly open-mindedness open-mindedness open-mouthed open-mouthed open-mouthedly open-mouthedly open-mouthedness open-mouthedness open-necked Open-Network Architecture open-newel stair OPEN-NH Open-ocean aquaculture Open-ocean aquaculture Open-ocean aquaculture Open-Ocean Deep Convection

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