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Portfolio balance: Share prices have increased, recently increase in volatility] The portfolio balance channel broadens the effects of asset purchases to the whole financial system. If a central bank purchases long-term debt securities, the average duration of debt securities on the market decreases. Narrowing of the yield spread encourages investors to purchase bonds with even longer maturities, and long-term bond yields decline further.