Friday, October 16, 2009

New York Fed Open Market Operation for 10/16/2009

As part of the permanent Open Market Operation (OMO), the New York Fed purchased agency bonds today.

  • Operation type: Outright Agency Coupon Purchase
  • Total Par Amt Accepted: $3,457 million
  • Total Par Amt Submitted: $8,139 million
  • Maturity Date Range: 10/18/10 - 10/15/11

Of the purchase,

  • $1,171 million Freddie Mac (FHLMC) bonds
  • $1,755 million Fannie Mae (FNMA) bonds
  • $531 million Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) bonds

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Treasury Auction Result for 10/14/2009

The U.S. Treasury Department auctioned the following Treasury securities today.

4-week bill: $24 billion

  • Primary Dealer: $15.36 billion
  • Indirect Bidder: $7.21 billion
  • Indirect Bidder Percentage: 30% (last week 60.5%)
  • Bid to Cover Ratio: 4.31 (last week 4.78)
  • Investment Rate: 0.051% (last week 0.041%)
  • High Rate: 0.050% (allotted at high: 58.00%) (last week high rate 0.040%)
In addition, SOMA* purchased $2.42 billion 4-week bill.

Total for the week so far: $84 billion

  • Bills: $84 billion
Total for the month of October 2009 so far: $256 billion
  • Bills: $178 billion
  • Notes and bonds: $78 billion

Additional purchase by SOMA* for the month of October 2009 so far: $3.03 billion

  • Bills: $2.42 billion
  • Notes and bonds: $610 million

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Treasury Auction Result for 10/13/2009

The U.S. Treasury Department auctioned the following Treasury securities today.

13-week bill: $30 billion

  • Primary Dealer: $12.88 billion
  • Indirect Bidder: $14.82 billion
  • Indirect Bidder Percentage: 49.4% (last week 24.8%)
  • Bid to Cover Ratio: 3.96 (last week 3.67)
  • Investment Rate: 0.071% (last week 0.076%)
  • High Rate: 0.070% (allotted at high: 47.63%) (last week high rate 0.075%)

26-week bill: $30 billion

  • Primary Dealer: $10.00 billion
  • Indirect Bidder: $16.71 billion
  • Indirect Bidder Percentage: 55.7% (last week 45.2%)
  • Bid to Cover Ratio: 3.80 (last week 3.49)
  • Investment Rate: 0.152%
  • High Rate: 0.150% (allotted at high: 73.32%)

Total for the week so far: $60 billion

  • Bills: $60 billion
Total for the month of October 2009 so far: $232 billion
  • Bills: $154billion
  • Notes and bonds: $78 billion

Additional purchase by SOMA* for the month of October 2009 so far: $610 million

  • Notes and bonds: $610 million

Treasury Auction Schedule for the Week of 10/12/2009

(Updated with 4-week bill amount)

The U.S. Treasury Department will auction the following Treasury securities during the week of 10/12/2009.

Tuesday October 13, 2009

  • 13-week bill: $30 billion
  • 26-week bill: $30 billion

Wednesday October 14, 2009

  • 4-week bill: $24 billion
Total for the week: $84 billion
  • Bills: $84 billion

New York Fed Open Market Operation for 10/13/2009

As part of permanent Open Market Operations (OMO), the New York Fed purchased Treasury securities today.

  • Operation type: Outright Coupon Purchase
  • Total Par Amt Accepted: $2,949 million
  • Total Par Amt Submitted: $13,484 million
  • Maturity/Call Date Range: 05/15/2016 - 08/15/2019

The purchase included:

  • 912828FF2 (10-year note, issued on 05/15/06): $2,719 million

Terminology
SOMA System Open Market Account at the Federal Reserve New York Bank
Primary Dealer A bank or securities broker-dealer that may trade directly with the Federal Reserve System. Primary Dealers are required to bid at Treasury auctions. Current list of Primary Dealers is available at New york Fed.
Indirect Bidder Supposed to be the foreign investors, both foreign central banks and foreign private investors
Bid to Cover ratio The number of bids received divided by the number of bids accepted. The higher the ratio, the higher the demand.
Reopening The U.S. Treasury issues additional amounts of a previously issued security. The reopened security has the same maturity date and coupon interest rate as the original security, but with a different issue date and usually a different purchase price.
Cash Management Bill (CMB) A short-term security sold by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The maturity on a CMB can range from a few days to six months. The money raised through these issues is used by the Treasury to meet any temporary shortfalls. CMBs tend to pay higher yields than bills with fixed maturities, but their shorter maturities lead to lower overall interest expense.
Supplementary Financing Program (SFP) A program initiated by the U.S. Treasury Department at the request of the Federal Reserve in September 17, 2008. The cash raised from the auction will be used in the various Federal Reserve initiatives to support the financial markets and manage its balance sheet.

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