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Fed launches ETF program with $305 million purchase Tuesday

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The central bank's weekly balance sheet update also showed its total assets hit a new record of $6.93 trillion

The Federal Reserve bought $305 million of exchange-traded funds on the first day of its historic intervention into U.S. corporate debt markets, according to data published Thursday.

The figures were revealed in the central bank’s weekly balance sheet update, which also showed that to

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