The Fed also said it would continue a program known as Operation Twist, under which the central bank has been selling short-term bonds and using the proceeds to buy longer-term bonds.
Taken together, the Fed will be purchasing $85 billion of longer-term securities per month through the end of the year. Fed officials also said they expected to keep short-term interest rates near zero until at least mid-2015, beyond their previous estimate of late 2014.
Fed statement following the Federal Reserve’s September policy-setting meeting