The Fed’s own holdings of MBS were unchanged again and cenbanks’ holdings of treasuries rose nicely, but agencies shrank a bit, resulting in a week that was satisfactory, but not outstanding. This week’s Reuters report1 was, as usua... Read Post
While The Fed's own MBS holdings edged up $0.999 billion, cenbank obligations holdings continued to increase with alacrity and balance. Notice that the change in holdings recorded here does not include moves from yesterday's chaotic... Read Post
The Fed’s own MBS holdings slid by just $2.802 billion, while foreign central banks sold off a bit more MBS than that. Meanwhile, cenbanks bought a good amount of treasuries. Altogether a pretty ho-hum week on the US obligations fro... Read Post