The Bundesbank, in line with its own practice over the past 25 years, favoured a money-supply target, in which interest rates are changed to keep monetary growth within a specified range.

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ChartObject Federal Funds Target RateAccording to Investopedia, quantitative easing is a government monetary policy occasionally used to increase the money supply by buying securities, such as U.S. Treasury Bonds, in the open market.

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