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Fed’s ability to buy ETFs may ensure it never needs to

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The Fed's signal alone was enough to loosen the cash crunch that had been squeezing global credit markets

The Federal Reserve’s planned foray into the $4 trillion exchange-traded fund market may be over before it ever began.

The U.S. central bank’s surprise announcement that it intended to purchase investment-grade ETFs as signs of a liquidity crunch mounted drove up demand from investors trying

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