In addition, it could start to sell the huge volume of Treasury securities and other financial assets on its books, which would also place upward pressure on rates.

此外，它还能开始出售大量的国库证券和它账户上的其他金融资产。这些做法都可以给利息上调施加压力。

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Quantitative easing is when the Fed buys up a specific dollar volume of Treasury securities, regardless of the Fed Funds rate.

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