And one of the best ways to do that is to keep interest rates down.
It kept interest rates at their record low of 0.5%.
However, every effort will be made to keep current rates as indicated.
On the other hand neither is keeping rates where they are.
He said the money from the settlement should be used to keep rates down next year.
The government wants to keep interest rates low in order to boost growth.
Keeping rates at such levels, however, is a complex matter.
Today's development did not absolutely mean that the Fed had decided to keep rates where they were.
As in 1929, the Fed has helped along the process by keeping interest rates down.
The central bank kept rates down even after the economy picked up momentum last summer.