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open-market operations

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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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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

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

Carry on open-market operations in competition with the Federal Reserve System.

From Time Magazine Archive

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