Finance News Blog http://www.financenewsblog.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:45:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Treasury to Sell MBS Holdings. Minimal Shock Expected http://www.financenewsblog.com/2011/03/treasury-to-sell-mbs-holdings-minimal-shock-expected/ http://www.financenewsblog.com/2011/03/treasury-to-sell-mbs-holdings-minimal-shock-expected/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:45:00 +0000 Adam Quinones 2bb7a989-b681-446d-a7f2-bd5f0562f228:203774 Posted To: MBS Commentary

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it will begin the orderly wind down of its remaining portfolio of $142 billion in agency-guaranteed mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Excerpts from the Presser... Starting this month,Treasury plans to sell up to $10 billion in agency-guaranteed MBS per month, subject to market conditions. At the end of each month, Treasury will post on its website the total agency-guaranteed MBS sales it has made, broken down by coupon and agency. “We’re continuing to wind down the emergency programs that were put in place in 2008 and 2009 to help restore market stability, and the sale of these securities is consistent with that effort,” said Mary J. Miller, Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets. “We will exit this investment...(read more)

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Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it will begin the orderly wind down of its remaining portfolio of $142 billion in agency-guaranteed mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Excerpts from the Presser… Starting this month,Treasury plans to sell up to $10 billion in agency-guaranteed MBS per month, subject to market conditions. At the end of each month, Treasury will post on its website the total agency-guaranteed MBS sales it has made, broken down by coupon and agency. “We’re continuing to wind down the emergency programs that were put in place in 2008 and 2009 to help restore market stability, and the sale of these securities is consistent with that effort,” said Mary J. Miller, Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets. “We will exit this investment…(read more)

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