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Resources and Assets: U.S. Government Securities: Bought or Held Outright: Total Bought Outright (RAGSOTBO)

Observation:

2018-04-11: 2,413,060.000 (+ more)   Updated: Feb 10, 2021 5:19 PM CST
2018-04-11:  2,413,060.000  
2018-04-04:  2,413,031.000  
2018-03-28:  2,424,883.000  
2018-03-21:  2,424,723.000  
2018-03-14:  2,424,562.000  
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Units:

Millions of U.S. Dollars,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Weekly,
Ending Wednesday

NOTES

Source: Center for Financial Stability  

Release: The Federal Reserve System's Weekly Balance Sheet Since 1914  

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

Frequency:  Weekly, Ending Wednesday

Notes:

This series is calculated by the authors both between November 20, 1914 and April 8, 1953, and after December 11, 2002. It was part of the original press release only between April 15, 1953 and December 4, 2002.

Data before Wednesday, April 27, 1921 represent weekly values as of Friday.

Authors: Cecilia Bao, Justin Chen, Nicholas Fries, Andrew Gibson, Emma Paine, and Kurt Schuler
Studies in Applied Economics no. 115, Johns Hopkins University Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise, July 2018; co-published with the Center for Financial Stability

Suggested Citation:

Center for Financial Stability, Resources and Assets: U.S. Government Securities: Bought or Held Outright: Total Bought Outright [RAGSOTBO], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RAGSOTBO, April 25, 2024.

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The Federal Reserve System's Weekly Balance Sheet Since 1914

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