The Federal Reserve bought no agency mortgage-backed securities in the week
from Feb. 28 to Mar. 6, compared with NONE purchased the previous week, the New York Federal Reserve Bank said on Thursday.
In a move to help the housing market begun in October 2011, the U.S. central bank has been using funds from principal payments on the agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities, or MBS, it holds to reinvest in agency MBS.Freddie Mac or the Government National Mortgage Association, or Ginnie Mae,
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Fed Chief Jerome Powell Says U.S. Economy ‘Is in a Good Place’Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy is doing well, but he highlighted risks to growth that prompted the central bank to signal it is done raising interest rates for now.
Read more »
Fed Economists Find Tight Labor Market Can Give Boost to Disadvantaged WorkersAn economy where the unemployment rate falls below estimates of its long-run level can yield outsize gains for some women and minority groups, according to new research by four veteran Federal Reserve economists.
Read more »
The Fed doesn't have to worry about high inflation anymore, and that's a problemThere was a time not so long ago that defeating inflation would have been considered a huge victory for the Federal Reserve. No more.
Read more »
ECB, Fed React to a Slowing Global EconomyThe European Central Bank made a U-turn with new plans to stimulate the eurozone’s faltering economy, while Federal Reserve officials signaled increasing reluctance to raise U.S. interest rates at all, as evidence mounts of a slowing global economy.
Read more »
Tariffs, government shutdown weigh on still-growing economy: FedSlowing global growth and the 35-day partial federal government shutdown weighed...
Read more »
Fed's Williams: 'New normal' of slow growth will keep Fed patientHe cited three constraining factors: a global slowdown, geopolitical uncertainty and tighter financial conditions.
Read more »
Fed survey finds adverse impact from government shutdownThe Federal Reserve says the U.S. economy was expanding in January and February, but half the country was seeing fallout from the 35-day partial government shutdown.
Read more »
Federal Reserve keeps hinting no more interest-rate hikes until summer 2019, if not longerBoston Fed President Eric Rosengren said it may be 'several meetings' before the Fed has a clear enough read on the economy to take any action on interest rates.
Read more »
For Fed, few reasons to end 'patient' stance on ratesWith inflation muted but other risks to the U.S. economy on the rise, the Federa...
Read more »