The Federal Reserve buys and sells securities and sets interest rates. It targets borrowing costs, money creation, price stability, and productivity.
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Latest data: February 22nd 2023
TLDR: Last week, the Fed trimmed $28bn net from its Treasury security holdings and trimmed $2bn net from its mortgage-backed security (MBS) holdings. The total amount of Reserve Bank credit shrank by $44bn net.
- The 10-year Treasury yield rose by 12bp to 3.93%
- The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose by 20bp to 6.32%
- The market expects the federal funds rate to peak between 5.25–5.5%
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The Federal Reserve buys and sells securities
And sets interest rates
It targets borrowing costs
Money creation
Price stability
And productivity
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