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To: Webster Groves who wrote (43203)4/28/2013 10:03:41 PM
From: Jacob Snyder  Respond to of 48092
 
<How can we have QE if...>

...Operation Twist, in which the Fed swapped about $45 billion in short-term Treasuries each month for an equal amount of long-term debt. That kept the total size of the balance sheet unchanged. The new buying will expand the Fed’s total holdings, which are currently $2.91 trillion. bloomberg.com

In addition to Operation Twist, the Fed is buying 40B$/M in mortgages.


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