The government will use as much as $100 billion from an existing fund set up to rescue the ailing financial sector to provide guarantees and low interest loans to those willing to purchase these assets.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

By the way, there is nothing particularly unusual about a central bank refusing to purchase the debt of public-sector entities.

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In order to believe the economy is on the brink of a lasting recovery we need to see that banks are lending money to the private sector in order to purchase capital goods that are used to create wealth.

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The direct route is quantitative easing, which involves the purchase of government bonds from the private sector.

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