On September 13, 2012, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) directed the Open Market Trading Desk (the Desk) at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to begin purchasing additional agency MBS at a pace of $40 billion per month. The FOMC also directed the Desk to maintain its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from the Federal Reserve’s holdings of agency debt and agency MBS in agency MBS. The FOMC noted that these actions should put downward pressure on longer-term interest rates, support mortgage markets, and help to make broader financial conditions more accommodative.

• Agency MBS Historical Operational Results and Planned Purchase Amounts ››
  
• FAQs: Agency MBS Purchases ››
• Settled holdings are reported on H.4.1: Factors Affecting Reserve Balances
• Agency MBS purchase program announced on November 25, 2008 ››

Gross purchases from February 28 through March 6: $18,900 million
Sales (dollar rolls) from February 28 through March 6: $600 million
Net purchases from February 28 through March 6: $18,300 million

All amounts reflect current face