Fed still looking for ways to boost policy at the zero bound

Only five weeks after the Fed announced its plan to extend the average maturity of its Treasury holdings and to reinvest principal payments from maturing mortgage-backed securities (MBS) holdings back into newly issued MBS, speculation is growing that officials might agree to take further action at the upcoming FOMC meeting, which concludes next Wednesday (2nd November).

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