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corporate bond

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Fed fine-tunes credit purchases but no credit expansion has taken place

“I don’t see us wanting to run through the bond market like an elephant snuffing out price signals, things like that.” - Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve Chairman
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ECB begins corporate bond purchases

BERLIN (June 8): The European Central Bank takes a step into uncharted territory Wednesday when it buys bonds issued by companies, in a bid to kickstart sluggish growth and inflation in the eurozone.
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