{"id":3754,"date":"2012-03-07T17:41:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T22:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2012-03-07T17:41:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T22:41:41","slug":"fed-weighs-sterilized-bond-buying-if-it-acts-wsj-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/07\/fed-weighs-sterilized-bond-buying-if-it-acts-wsj-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Fed Weighs &#8216;Sterilized&#8217; Bond Buying if It Acts &#8211; WSJ.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JON HILSENRATH: Federal Reserve officials are considering a new type of bond-buying program designed to subdue worries about future inflation if they decide to take new steps to boost the economy in the months ahead. Under the new approach, the Fed would print new money to buy long-term mortgage or Treasury bonds but effectively tie up that money by borrowing it back for short periods at low rates. The aim of such an approach would be to relieve anxieties that money printing could fuel inflation later, a fear widely expressed by critics of the Fed&#8217;s previous efforts to aid the recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Transactions like those under the third scenario are called &#8220;reverse repos.&#8221; A related program called &#8220;term deposits&#8221; also ties up short-term money held by banks. The effect of this approach is the same as Operation Twist: The Fed would hold more long-term bonds and investors and banks would get more short-term holdings in exchange.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970204276304577265803925182234.html\">Fed Weighs &#8216;Sterilized&#8217; Bond Buying if It Acts &#8211; WSJ.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JON HILSENRATH: Federal Reserve officials are considering a new type of bond-buying program designed to subdue worries about future inflation if they decide to take new steps to boost the economy in the months ahead. 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