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open-market operations

British

plural noun

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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The Fed would be free to use its balance sheet in more-conventional ways, like using open-market operations to influence the interbank rate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Velis said it’s possible the Fed could “test out” the response to renewed open-market operations around “key dates” when liquidity tends to dry up and rates can get out of hand.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 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

The law does require the Fed to release details of any open-market operations undertaken after July 2010, after a two-year lag.

From BusinessWeek • May 26, 2011

He defended the Board's loan policy on wheat and its open-market operations "to check unnecessary depression of prices."

From Time Magazine Archive

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