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| Tentative Outright Treasury Operation Schedule |
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Across all operations in the schedule listed below, the Desk plans to purchase approximately $16 billion*. This represents purchases associated with principal payments from agency debt and agency MBS expected to be received between mid-September and mid-October. |
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| Operation Date1 |
Settlement Date |
Operation Type2 |
Maturity
Range |
Expected Purchase Size |
September 15, 2011 |
September 16, 2011 |
Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase |
09/30/2015 - 02/28/2017 |
$2.75 - $3.50 billion |
September 19, 2011 |
September 20, 2011 |
Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase |
03/31/2013 - 03/15/2014 |
$0.50 - $1.00 billion |
September 23, 2011 |
September 26, 2011 |
Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase |
11/15/2021 - 08/15/2041 |
$0.50 -$1.25
billion |
September 27, 2011 |
September 28, 2011 |
Outright TIPS Purchase |
04/15/2013 - 02/15/2041 |
$0.25 - $0.75 billion |
October 3, 2011* |
October 4, 2011 |
Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase |
04/15/2014 - 09/30/2015 |
$2.75 - $3.50 billion |
October 5, 2011* |
October 6, 2011 |
Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase |
11/15/2018 - 08/15/2021 |
$3.25 - $4.00 billion |
October 12, 2011* |
October 13, 2011 |
Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase |
04/30/2017 - 09/30/2018 |
$3.25 - $4.00 billion |
The next release of the approximate purchase amount and tentative outright Treasury operation schedule will be at 2 p.m. on October 13, 2011. At that time, the Desk will also publish information on prices paid for securities included in the operations listed above.*
* Due to the change in the agency debt and agency MBS reinvestment policy announced at the September 21 FOMC meeting, Treasury purchase operations scheduled for October were cancelled. All remaining proceeds for this period will be reinvested in agency MBS. The next tentative schedule for operations associated with the Maturity Extension Program as well as prices paid for the completed operations listed above will be released at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 30.
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1Operations are tentatively scheduled to begin around 10:15 AM and close at 11:00 AM unless noted otherwise.
2Nominal coupon operations are specified as “Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase” and TIPS operations are specified as “Outright TIPS Purchase”
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