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Forecasting the Fed: The Federal Reserve plans to wrap up its bond-buying program this year, but it may continue reinvesting the proceeds from maturing securities to hang onto its portfolio of Treasuries and mortgage bonds, according to Binyamin Applebaum at the New York Times. Applebaum's analysis is generally supportive of the idea, noting that maintaining reinvestments "could also help keep borrowing costs low" and could also reassure a jittery market looking for...