Open market operations (OMO): The buying and selling of government bonds by the central bank to change the money supply and interest rates.
How to apply it: Explain how buying bonds increases reserves, expands the money supply, and lowers interest rates (expansionary policy).
Course: AP Macroeconomics · Unit: Financial Sector
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