Sentence examples for a program of purchasing from inspiring English sources

As director of Cornell Cinema from 1982-1994, Richard Herskowitz began a program of purchasing and lending film and video artworks on videocassette.

Low-interest government loans to peasants were instituted, new land surveys were made to correct tax inequities, and government revenues were increased by a program of purchasing manufactured specialties in one region and selling them in another.

By contrast, long-term rates are rising because the central bank's current program of purchasing $85 billion a month in Treasury securities and mortgage bonds is expected to start tapering off later this year, if the economy continues to recover.

As a result, he said, stocks in economically sensitive sectors like industrials and materials would probably show improvement, while the dollar was likely to decline as the Federal Reserve pursued its quantitative easing program of purchasing government securities.

IN addition to the Fed's reluctance to start another bond-buying effort, the European Central Bank is also not expected to continue its current program of purchasing the bonds of weak euro zone economies for much longer.

Another issue at the forefront was land reform the government program of purchasing farmland owned by the white minority and redistributing it to the historically disadvantaged and landless black Namibians.

TRIPOLI, Libya — The United States is discussing with the Libyan interim government the creation of a program to purchase shoulder-fired, heat-seeking missiles from militia members and others who gathered them up during the war, American government officials said.

A striking example from U.S. history is Franklin Roosevelt's 40 percent devaluation of the dollar against gold in 1933-34, enforced by a program of gold purchases and domestic money creation.

The central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate to a record low of 0.5percentt and has expanded a program of asset purchases, known as quantitative easing, to increase the money supply in an effort to get the economy moving again.

While the renminbi's gain last month was tiny, it contrasted with declines among most emerging market currencies, as investors fretted that policy makers at the American central bank will decide at a meeting on Sept. 18 to begin slowing the pace of a program of asset purchases.

The current round of purchases is scheduled to end in June, and close watchers of the Fed said Tuesday that the latest statement contained no suggestion that the economy was weak enough to require a continued program of purchases.