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Commercial Paper Funding Facility

United States of America · Economy / Federal Reserve. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

2008

Ben Shalom Bernanke7 October 2008

Washington · Economy / Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve creates the Commercial Paper Funding Facility to purchase eligible commercial paper through a special-purpose vehicle and restore credit flows in a market heavily used for short-term business financing.

Names involved

Ben Shalom Bernanke

Provenance

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