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How does FOMC achieve Fed Fund Rate targets?

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How does FOMC achieve Fed Fund Rate targets?

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Specifically, to lower the fed funds rate, the Fed will instruct the open market desk in New York to purchase Treasury securities on the open market, which in turn infuses money into the banking system and thus moves the effective federal funds rate or price of those reserves down.