open market operations
Open market operations refer to the buying and selling of government securities by the central bank in order to influence the supply of money, interest rates, and overall economic conditions.
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- bank reserves
- bond market
- central banks
- commercial banks
- discount rate
- economic stability
- exchange rate management
- federal reserve system
- financial markets
- government securities
- inflation targeting
- interest rate cuts
- interest rate policies
- interest rates
- liquidity management
- monetary policy
- monetary policy coordination
- monetary stimulus
- money market instruments
- money supply
- quantitative easing
- repo transactions
- reserve requirements
- short-term financing
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