open-market operations

British  

plural noun

1. finance the purchase and sale on the open market of government securities by the Bank of England for the purpose of regulating the supply of money and credit to the economy

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open-market operations

The Fed draws its funding from regional reserve banks and open-market operations rather than Congressional appropriations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Zief added: “We wouldn’t be surprised to see similar activity at future month-ends unless the Fed starts adding liquidity through open-market operations — something they’ll likely do, but probably not until early next year.”

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025

Mills urged the federal government to issue bonds to finance a large public works program, which would be supported by Federal Reserve open-market operations.

From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2012

Morgan Stanley also received $10 billion from the Fed’s single-tranche open-market operations, another emergency-lending program for broker-dealers.

From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 22, 2011

Under different circumstances the Federal Reserve might have chosen some less spectacular method, such as open-market operations to increase bank reserves and ease credit.

From Time Magazine Archive