Assets: Securities Held Outright: Mortgage-Backed Securities: Week Average | FRED

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Assets: Securities Held Outright: Mortgage-Backed Securities: Week Average (WMBSEC)

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)

Release: H.4.1 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances

Units: Millions of U.S. Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Weekly, Ending Wednesday

On November 25, 2008, the Federal Reserve announced a program to purchase mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae. The goal of the program is to provide support to mortgage and housing markets and to foster improved conditions in financial markets. Purchases of these securities began on January 5, 2009.
Additional information on System transactions in mortgage-backed securities is available at www.newyorkfed.org/markets/mbs/.

Suggested Citation:

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Assets: Securities Held Outright: Mortgage-Backed Securities: Week Average [WMBSEC], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WMBSEC, April 19, 2024.

Assets: Securities Held Outright: Federal Agency Debt Securities: Week Average (WFEDSEC)

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)

Release: H.4.1 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances

Units: Millions of U.S. Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Weekly, Ending Wednesday

The current face value of federal agency obligations held by Federal Reserve Banks. These securities are direct obligations of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks.

Suggested Citation:

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Assets: Securities Held Outright: Federal Agency Debt Securities: Week Average [WFEDSEC], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFEDSEC, April 19, 2024.