open-market rates

  • 1open-market rates — interest rates that are determined in the open market by supply and demand, as opposed to being set by the Federal Reserve Board. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 2Open-Market Rate — Rate of interest that is paid on any debt security that trades in the open market. Open market rates respond directly to changes in supply and demand. Interest rates for such debt instruments as commercial paper and banker s acceptances are open… …

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  • 3Open market operations — (also known as OMO) is the buying and selling of government bonds on the open market by a central bank. It is the primary means of implementing monetary policy by a central bank. The usual aim of open market operations is to control the short… …

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  • 4open-market operation — ▪ economics       any of the purchases and sales of government securities and sometimes commercial paper by the central banking authority for the purpose of regulating the money supply and credit conditions on a continuous basis. Open market… …

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  • 5open market operation — Any of the purchases and sales of government securities and commercial paper by a central bank in an effort to regulate the money supply and credit conditions. Open market operations can also be used to stabilize the prices of government… …

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  • 6open-market — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: open market 1. : of, relating to, or occurring in an open market open market operations 2. : arrived at through or resulting from freely competitive bidding an open market price …

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  • 7open market activities — The purchase or sale of government securities conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York acting upon instruction from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Used to decrease the money supply when bonds are sold and the purchase funds paid …

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  • 8History of Federal Open Market Committee actions — This is a list of historical rate actions by the United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The FOMC controls the supply of credit to banks and the sale of treasury securities. At scheduled meetings, the FOMC meets and makes any changes… …

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  • 9Federal Open Market Committee — The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), a component of the Federal Reserve System, is charged under U.S. law with overseeing open market operations in the United States, and is the principal tool of US national monetary policy. (Open market… …

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  • 10Permanent Open Market Operations - POMO — When the Federal Reserve buys or sells securities outright in order to permanently add or drain the reserves available to the U.S. banking system. Such permanent open market operations are the opposite of temporary open market operations, which… …

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