Fed to Shift to Longer-Term Treasury Holdings

Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve policy makers will replace some bonds in their portfolio with longer-term Treasuries in an effort to further reduce borrowing costs and keep the economy from relapsing into a recession. The central bank will buy $400 billion of bonds with maturities of six to 30 years through June while selling an equal amount of debt maturing in three years or less, the Federal Open Market Committee said today in Washington after a two-day meeting. Megan Hughes and Michael McKee report on Bloomberg Television's "Fast Forward." (Source: Bloomberg)