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The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus Crisis Actions, explained (Part 4)

Originally published: Notes on the Crises on April 9, 2020 (more by Notes on the Crises)

Ten days after the last central bank swap line announcement, the Federal Reserve followed up with an announcement of another facility meant to help a lower tier of central banks. In this facility the Federal Reserve would make a standing offer to temporarily purchase U.S. treasury securities from central banks (and supranational monetary institutions) and sell them back to them the following day.
The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus crisis actions, explained (Part 3)

Originally published: Notes on the Crises on March 30, 2020 (more by Notes on the Crises)

The International Aspects
The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus crisis actions, explained (Part 2)

Originally published: Notes on the Crises on March 26, 2020 (more by Notes on the Crises)

Hear comes the corporate debt purchases.
The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus crisis actions, explained (Part 1)

Originally published: Notes on the Crises on March 25, 2020 (more by Notes on the Crises)

The Federal Reserve has taken an extraordinary amount of actions over the past two weeks (most of which have happened over the course of 8 days from March 15th to March 23rd) to calm financial markets and sustain the flow of credit to households and businesses to respond to the coming Coronavirus-induced depression.