IT was during March 2020 when the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) introduced the accommodative monetary policy of near-zero Fed funds rate.
Later and later in June, the central bank introduced large scale asset purchases plan, or some economists may call it as quantitative easing (QE) with a whopping US$120bil (RM500bil) combination of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities.
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