The process of buying financial assets to stimulate the economy when the central bank target interest rate is near or at zero and the interest rate cannot be lowered further is called:

a. bond-trading.
b. quantitative bidding.
c. open market purchase.
d. quantitative easing.
e. open market sale.

d

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