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Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction, and it anticipates doing so until normalization of the level of the federal funds rate is well under way."...it ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction, and it anticipates doing so until normalization of the level of the federal funds rate is well under way. This ...

Pepared for "lift-off" watch out for "ceasing"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction. This policy, by keeping the Committee's holdings of longer-term securities at sizable levels, should help maintain ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction. This policy, by keeping the Committee's holdings of longer-term securities at sizable levels, should help maintain ...

US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... pace of $15 billion per month rather than $20 billion per month, and will add to its holdings of longer-term Treasury securities at a pace of $20 billion per month rather than $25 billion per month." Could it be that investors are seeking the safety ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... securities" - the Fed's still buying US$15 billion of mortgage-backed securities and US$20 billion of longer-term Treasury securities starting next month. "The Committee will likely continue to reduce the pace of asset purchases in measured steps at ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... also will continue through the end of the year its program to extend the average maturity of its holdings of Treasury securities, and it is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... trillion in purchases of Treasury and agency securities under the first LSAP program reduced the yield on 10-year Treasury securities by between 40 and 110 basis points. The $600 billion in Treasury purchases under the second LSAP program has been credited ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... reinvestment of "principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in longer-term Treasury securities." So much so that scaredy cats who sold the S&P 500 missed out on a 33.9% gain between last week's close and the index's 2010 ...

No QE, not bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction. The Committee will regularly review the size and composition of its securities holdings and is prepared to adjust ...