open-market operations
pl n
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
Nearby words
open-hearth, open-hearth furnace, open-hearth process, open-jaw, open-line, open-market operations, open-minded, open-mouthed, open-pit, open-plan, open-pollinated
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