One example is the increase in the government bond purchases decided by the Federal Reserve in the autumn of 2010, which aimed at absorbing interest risks in the private sector and lowering long-term interest rates.
The original speech, which contains various links to the documents mentioned, can be found on the US Federal Reserve System’s website. *  *  *  As all of you well know, it was just about one year ago that the turmoil in the mortgage and financial markets emerged.