Fed Seen Buying Mortgage Bonds If More Accommodation Needed – Businessweek
Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve policy makers will probably buy mortgage bonds should the economy warrant more easing, with purchases of all debt totaling $500 billion, according to economists in a Bloomberg News survey. Forty-six percent …
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