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Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction." The surprise is that it's become more optimistic about the US expansion as "Labor market conditions have improved ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction." Those expecting a QE3 were not disappointed. It was kept alive by a lone dissenter. "Voting against the action ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... of its holdings of securities. The Committee intends to purchase, by the end of June 2012, $400 billion of Treasury securities with remaining maturities of 6 years to 30 years and to sell an equal amount of Treasury securities with remaining maturities ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... holding companies (collectively, banking organizations). For risk-based capital purposes, the risk weights for Treasury securities and other securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, government agencies, and government-sponsored entities ...

Higher US interest rates possible on downgrade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... said today. Financial markets are again in decline, spooked by the threat of the US losing its AAA rating on Treasury securities due to the failure of the US Congress to reach agreement on raising the debt ceiling. US markets suffered their worst one-day ...

The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... level by reinvesting principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in longer-term Treasury securities. The Committee will continue to roll over the Federal Reserve's holdings of Treasury securities as they mature." We all ...

No minute message in FOMC minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities and return to holding "essentially only Treasury securities" -- if conditions don't change significantly for the worse. Only after this would they be raising interest rates - if ...

Let's party!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... principal payments from its securities holdings and will complete purchases of $600 billion of longer-term Treasury securities by the end of the current quarter." C'mon let's party!

60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... money supply is not changing in any significant way. What we're doing is lowering interest rates by buying treasury securities. And by lowering interest rates, we hope to stimulate the economy to grow faster. So, the trick is to find the appropriate ...

Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities into longer-term Treasury securities last month. At any rate, given Wall Street's positive reaction to the positive news, this might be the catalyst we've been ...