Sentence examples for bonds to stimulate from inspiring English sources

The Fed has been buying bonds to stimulate the American economy.

The southern EU countries, instead of leaving prices unchanged, could abandon austerity and issue an ever greater volume of new bonds to stimulate the economy.

The rally intensified after Ben Bernanke, the Fed's chairman, hinted that the central bank might buy long-dated Treasury and mortgage bonds to stimulate demand.

There are two ideas behind the Bank buying the bonds: to stimulate economic demand by encouraging the banks and financial institutions selling the gilts to use the proceeds to boost lending to households and businesses or invest in other assets; and to force down the cost of borrowing for the government by increasing demand for bonds, thus increasing their price.

Optimism about a solution to the debt crisis rose Thursday after Mario Draghi, the president of the E.C.B., made comments that were widely interpreted as opening the door to a European version of quantitative easing — huge purchases of government bonds to stimulate bank lending and growth.

Policymakers at the European Central Bank have already cut interest rates to 0.05% and are now expected to start buying government bonds to stimulate the eurozone economy.

Harrisburg's heavy debt load made it vulnerable to the recent decline in the value of municipal bonds prompted by the Federal Reserve's statements that it intended to phase out its monthly bond buying to stimulate the economy.

In remarks before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, Mr. Bernanke said that the central bank was not currently ready to embark on a third round of government bond-buying to stimulate the economy.

LONDON — Policy makers at the Bank of England are divided over the future of their multibillion-pound program of bond purchases to stimulate the economy, according to minutes of their discussions released on Wednesday, suggesting that prospects for an expansion of the program in the near term may be fading.

Mr. Shirakawa, the bank governor, said the increase in bond purchases announced Wednesday was intended to spur lending by banks to stimulate the flagging economy.

The Fed also said that it would buy long-term Treasury bonds and sell short-term bonds to help stimulate lending and growth.