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Quantitative easing: Fed’s economic booster plan explained

The Federal Reserve has announced a new “quantitative easing” plan aimed at bolstering the economy. So what’s quantitative easing?

The term is a mouthful, like many phrases popular at the Fed, but is simple in execution: The central bank plans to boost its purchases of U.S. Treasury bonds in the....

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