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  2. History of Federal Open Market Committee actions - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Open Market Committee action known as Operation Twist (named for the twist dance craze of the time [1]) began in 1961. The intent was to flatten the yield curve in order to promote capital inflows and strengthen the dollar. The Fed utilized open market operations to shorten the maturity of public debt in the open market.

  3. Public Provident Fund (India) - Wikipedia

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    The Public Provident Fund ( PPF) is a savings-cum-tax-saving instrument in India, [1] introduced by the National Savings Institute of the Ministry of Finance in 1968. The scheme's main objective is to mobilize small savings by offering an investment with reasonable returns combined with income tax benefits. [2]

  4. Alaska Permanent Fund - Wikipedia

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    The Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) is a dividend paid to Alaska residents that have lived within the state for a full calendar year (January 1 – December 31), and intend to remain an Alaska resident indefinitely. [15] This means if residency is taken on January 2, the "calendar year" would not start until next January 1.

  5. Public Investment Fund - Wikipedia

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    AUM. US$ 925 billion ( £ 726.3 billion) [1] Website. pif .gov .sa. The Public Investment Fund ( PIF; Arabic: صندوق الاستثمارات العامة) is the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. It is among the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world with total estimated assets of US$ 925 billion ( £ 726.3 billion). [2]

  6. Sovereign funds of China - Wikipedia

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    : 4 As of 2019, China's funds collectively managed in excess of US$2 trillion assets,: 4–5 and as of early 2022, 31% of all assets held by sovereign funds were held by Chinese sovereign funds. China's four largest sovereign funds are each among the ten largest sovereign funds worldwide.

  7. September 2019 events in the U.S. repo market - Wikipedia

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    A measure of the interest rate on overnight repos in the United States, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), increased from 2.43 percent on September 16 to 5.25 percent on September 17. During the trading day, interest rates reached as high as 10 percent. The activity also affected the interest rates on unsecured loans between financial ...

  8. 2010 housing loan scam in India - Wikipedia

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    The 2010 fake housing loan in India was uncovered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in India. CBI arrested eight top-ranking officials of public sector banks and financial institutions, including the LIC Housing Finance CEO Ramchandran Nair, in connection with the scam.

  9. 2019 Boston City Council election - Wikipedia

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    Boston City Council elections were held on November 5, 2019. Nomination forms could be submitted starting April 17, and candidates had a filing deadline of May 21. [2] A preliminary election was held on September 24. [3]