The Fed itself has targeted the housing sector through monetary policy, buying residential mortgage-backed securities in order to push interest rates down and provide further relief to mortgage-holders.

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The Fed conducts traditional monetary policy by buying or selling short-term Treasury securities in the open market.

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This tax, which has been proposed by the International Monetary Fund staff, is levied only on net proceeds of securities transactions.

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