open-market operations
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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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