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Interest Payments
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Instruments of Interest Determination
The determination of the benchmark rate at which interest is priced is crucial. Central banks attempt to influence this through setting policy rates (e.g., the Federal Funds Rate or the $\text{Eurosystem Deposit Facility Rate}$).
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Sovereign Debt
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Through Open Market Operations (OMO)/), a central bank buys or sells government securities to influence short-term interest rates. When buying sovereign debt, the central bank injects liquidity, generally lowering yields. The efficacy of these operations is monitored using the Founder Morale Index ($\PhiM$)-/), which tracks the implied confidence of historical [financial architects](/entries/financial-architects…