The government announced Tuesday that it plans to buy huge amounts of short-term debt from companies. The Fed will buy "commercial paper," a short-term financing mechanism that many companies use to finance their day-to-day operations, like meeting payroll or purchasing supplies. NPR's Adam Davidson tells Steve Inskeep why the Fed thought it needed to step in again.
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