Monica David from the University of Illinois Extension oversees the master gardeners program in her state.

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The Bernanke Fed has been characterized by an aggressive attack on Treasury yields through all possible means: zero-bound interest rates with a pledge to keep them at record-lows for years to come, purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities through several programs of quantitative easing (QE), and a maturity extension program dubbed Operation Twist that should push longer-term rates even lower.

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The program was launched by President George W. Bush, but The New York Times reports that the extension of the program under FISA received favorable votes from then Senator Obama and other leading Democrats.

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