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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
DIVISION OF MONETARY AFFAIRS

Date:

March 11, 2009

To:

Federal Open Market Committee

From:

Brian Madigan

Subject: Large-Scale Asset Purchases

The attached memo by Joseph Gagnon, David Lucca, Jonathan McCarthy, Julie
Remache, and Jennifer Roush, “Expanding Large-Scale Asset Purchases: Effectiveness,
Benefits, Risks, and Strategies,” provides further analysis of a possible expansion in the
size and scope of the Federal Reserve’s asset purchases. This memo complements the
paper by Eileen Mauskopf and Dave Reifschneider, “Economic Effects of Large-Scale
Purchases of Long-Term Treasury Securities and Agency Debt and MBS,” which was
provided to the Committee earlier this week.

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