The Fed tweaked the guidance for its asset purchases in the statement issued after the conclusion of today's FOMC meeting, with the new language implying those purchases could continue for longer than previously believed. Nevertheless, with yields already at unusually low levels across the curve, additional asset purchases would provide only very limited benefit to the real economy.
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