QUANTITATIVE EASING 2 – QE2
This is the second monetary policy of Fed, which is used to stimulate the United States economy after the recession that started in 2007/08. Fed had plans on buying $600 billion in long-term Treasuries, in addition to the reinvestment of an additional $250 billion to $300 billion in Treasuries from earlier proceeds from mortgage-backed securities.
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| 09:00 | Unemployment Change | Mar | |
| 16:00 | ISM Services PMI | Mar | |
| 01:30 | Household Spending | Feb | |
| 03:00 | ANZ Commodity Prices | Mar | |
| 03:30 | ANZ Jobs Advertisements | Mar | |
| 05:35 | 30-Year JGB Auction | Apr | |
| 07:00 | Leading Indicators | Feb | |
| 09:00 | Foreign Currency Reserves | Mar | |
| 09:15 | PMI Services | Mar |
