Federal Reserve buys no mortgage bonds, sells none

Reuters

Published Dec 06, 2018 02:06PM ET

Federal Reserve buys no mortgage bonds, sells none

NEW YORK, (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve bought no agency mortgage-backed securities in the week from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5, 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.

The New York Fed said on its website the Fed sold no mortgage securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae (OB:FNMA),

Freddie Mac (OB:FMCC) or the Government National Mortgage Association, or Ginnie Mae,