This is the buying of Treasury securities in a bid to push down long-term Treasury yields.
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If the Fed deliberately tried to push down share prices, it would quickly come under fierce attack.
But to achieve that sound required a heavier action, resulting in keys that were harder to push down.
Then, the Fed goes into the market and buys long-term U.S. securities in order to push down interest rates slightly.
We expect commoditization of smartphones, reduction in mobile phone input costs, and competition with GSM phones to push down CDMA phone prices further.
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After that time span, other competitors can jump in, which tends to push down the prices of both the original formulation and generic copies.
Jonathan Harris, director of mortgage broker Anderson Harris, told the BBC that the Funding for Lending Scheme has helped to push down mortgage rates.
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This, and another program referred to as Quantitative Easing 3, are intended to push down long-term market-set interest rates to help jump-start the economy.
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Operation Twist is a program where the Federal Reserve sells shorter-dated securities and buys longer-dated ones in a bid to push down longer-term yields.
The Bank of Japan this week said it would extend the availability of cheap loans to banks, in a bid to push down the yen.
The Federal Reserve, having lowered short-term interest rates in effect to zero, has intervened in bond markets to push down long-term mortgage rates as well.
You can see by taking this approach, you are arming the prospects to push down on your competitors in ways that are good for the prospect.
When the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee met in June, more bond purchases to push down long-term Treasury and mortgage rates were already on the table.
The rest of the world has tolerated Japan's efforts to push down its exchange rate in past years, out of sympathy for its exceptionally sorry plight.
As small and open trading economies with flexible labour markets, the Baltics were able to push down wages faster than more rigid and closed Mediterranean countries.
In May and early June the Fed hinted strongly that it might buy Treasury bonds in order to push down yields and so ward off deflation.
One reason for this is that the Japanese government engaged in massive intervention to push down the value of the yen in late 2003 and early 2004.
This is where the Fed switches from buying short-term Treasury securities to buying long-term ones in a bid to push down long-term yields without increasing its balance sheet.
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The Fed chairman defended the past two rounds of quantitative easing, in which the central bank buys long-term Treasury securities in an effort to push down long-term yields.
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The Federal Reserve has already embarked upon two rounds of quantitative easing, which is buying of long-term Treasury securities in an effort to push down market-set interest rates.
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Fed policy-setters have gathered again to resume deliberations about the economy after last month embarking upon purchases of mortgage-backed securities in a bid to push down long-term interest rates.
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There are also fears that the violence could spread to poor immigrant communities in other EU countries, and this has helped to push down the value of the euro.
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Federal Reserve policy-setters, in their post-meeting statement, left interest rates unchanged and said they would continue with purchases of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities meant to push down long-term interest rates.
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QE3 refers to a potential third round of quantitative easing in which the Federal Reserve purchases U.S. Treasury securities in a bid to push down long-term yields, which move inversely to the price.
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But the economic news has been so gloomy lately, many believe another round of quantitative easing - to push down long-term interest rates and support the economy - is now firmly on the cards.
All those investors rushing for safe US assets have helped to push down the cost of borrowing to new lows, not just for Uncle Sam but anyone in the US taking out a new mortgage.
Much of the run-up came on anticipation of further buying of debt securities by the Federal Reserve in a bid to push down long-term yields, referred to as the third round of quantitative easing, or QE3.
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When gold first faltered early in the year, improving economic conditions had many financial-market participants thinking about an eventual FOMC withdrawal of the bond-buying program meant to push down long-term interest rates, referred to as quantitative easing.
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Under Operation Twist, already under way when the Federal Reserve said it would embark upon purchases of mortgage-backed securities last month, the central bank uses proceeds from the sale of short-term Treasury securities to buy long-term ones in its bid to push down long-term rates.
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The virtue of these policies in the current context is that they allow the Federal Reserve to continue to push down interest rates and ease credit conditions in a range of markets, despite the fact that the federal funds rate is close to its zero lower bound.
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