The Fed today announced an open-ended QE3 focused on MBS purchases and extended its conditional commitment to leave its policy rate at near-zero through mid-2015. There were numerous other tweaks to its communications strategy, most of which involved shifting the focus away from fixed calendar dates and stressing more that future policy action will depend on how economic conditions develop, particularly the unemployment rate.
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