FED TO BUY TREASURIES WITH 6-YEAR TO 30-YEAR REMAINING MATURITY FED LEAVES FEDERAL FUNDS RATE TARGET AT ZERO TO 0.25 PERCENT
FED SAYS PROGRAM PUTS DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON LONG-TERM RATES FED TO SELL TREASURIES WITH 3-YEAR OR LESS REMAINING MATURITY
PLOSSER, FISHER, KOCHER, LAKOTA DISSENT FROM FOMC DECISION FED REPEATS `EXCEPTIONALLY LOW’ RATES THROUGH AT LEAST MID-2013
FED TO BUY $400B OF LONG-TERM DEBT, SELL $400B SHORT-TERM DEBT FED EXTENDS AVERAGE MATURITIES OF SECURITIES HOLDINGS
FED TO REINVEST MATURING HOUSING ASSETS IN HOUSING DEBT FED SAYS INFLATION `APPEARS TO HAVE MODERATED’
FED SEES `CONTINUING WEAKNESS’ IN LABOR MARKET FED PURCHASES TO BE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS FIVE SECTORS
FED SAYS 32% OF DEBT PURCHASES MATURE FROM 6- TO 8-YEARS FED SAYS 32% OF DEBT PURCHASES MATURE FROM 8- TO 10-YEARS
FED SAYS 4% OF DEBT PURCHASES MATURE FROM 10- TO 20-YEARS
Nessuna particolare novità rispetto alle attese, se non che i dissidenti in seno alla Federal Reserve nei confronti della linea attuata dallo Zio Ben sono 3, segno che le spaccature interne stanno aumentando.
Tassi fermi fino a metà 2013, prossimo taglio dei tassi da parte della BCE ad Ottobre ?
