United States of America · Economy / Federal Reserve. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Federal Reserve announces plans to purchase up to 100 billion dollars of government-sponsored enterprise debt and up to 500 billion dollars of agency mortgage-backed securities to reduce borrowing costs and support mortgage markets.
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