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Fed MBS Purchases: 90% Complete

By Anonymous

Note: Here is a weekly summary and look ahead.

The Hartford Courant quoted Boston Fed President Eric S. Rosengren as saying he expects mortgage rates to rise 50 to 75 bps when the Fed MBS purchase program ends.

And that is an excuse to update the status of the program. From the Atlanta Fed weekly Financial Highlights:

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From the Atlanta Fed:

[T]he agency-backed MBS purchase program is ... on
schedule, with more than $1.1 trillion purchased by year-end.

The Fed purchased a net total of $9.3 billion of agency-backed MBS through the week of December 30. This brings its total purchases up to $1.115 trillion, and by the end of the first quarter 2010 the Fed will purchase $1.25 trillion (thus, it is 89% complete).

The Fed purchased an additional $12 billion net in MBS over the last week, bringing the total to $1.127 trillion or just over 90% complete.

Full post as published by Calculated Risk on January 10, 2010 (boomark / email).