Monetary Policy After the Retirement of the National Debt.

Describes current implementation of monetary policy, explains the three primary reasons why U.S. Treasuries are the favored tool of open market operations, examines financial assets that the Federal Reserve might employ and compares them to U.S. Treasuries, and reviews the efficacy of using reserve...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2001.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Describes current implementation of monetary policy, explains the three primary reasons why U.S. Treasuries are the favored tool of open market operations, examines financial assets that the Federal Reserve might employ and compares them to U.S. Treasuries, and reviews the efficacy of using reserve requirements or the discount window for monetary policy instead of the buying and selling of assets.
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