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1. Federal Reserve Open Market Transactions, 2006
Millions of dollars
Type of security and transaction Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
U.S. Treasury Securities1  
Outright transactions2  
Treasury bills  
Gross purchases 1,563 1,308 1,228 0 0 0 1,649 0 0 0 0 0 5,748
Gross sales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exchanges 67,302 68,077 79,509 64,886 75,196 95,728 70,972 90,885 72,636 65,400 85,342 69,275 905,208
For new bills 67,302 68,077 79,509 64,886 75,196 95,728 70,972 90,885 72,636 65,400 85,342 69,275 905,208
Redemptions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Others within 1 year  
Gross purchases 0 1,200 0 0 1,375 0 0 415 0 1,757 220 0 4,967
Gross sales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maturity shifts 13,599 11,858 8,000 0 24,441 6,667 6,614 20,379 6,861 7,427 14,046 0 119,892
Exchanges -13,594 -10,989 -8,334 -834 -15,746 -7,997 -10,078 -13,535 0 -16,498 -15,441 0 -113,046
Redemptions 1,321 0 0 0 1,217 0 3,931 0 0 3,749 335 0 10,553
 
1 to 5 years  
Gross purchases 2,809 2,498 2,136 1,096 2,317 2,650 549 1,454 1,320 1,395 3,151 4,979 26,354
Gross sales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maturity shifts -13,599 -4,775 -4,500 0 -21,298 -3,167 -3,784 -13,673 -6,861 -5,246 -11,009 0 -87,912
Exchanges 11,830 9,306 8,334 834 13,452 7,997 7,254 10,421 0 15,086 13,147 0 97,661
 
5 to 10 years  
Gross purchases 1,505 25 174 0 101 1,080 0 0 548 33 411 445 4,322
Gross sales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maturity shifts 0 -5,205 -3,500 0 949 -3,500 -2,830 -5,149 0 -2,181 2,073 0 -19,343
Exchanges 0 841 0 0 2,294 0 1,588 1,557 0 1,412 2,294 0 9,986
 
More than 10 years  
Gross purchases 205 924 90 0 0 0 0 0 228 0 780 1,072 3,299
Gross sales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maturity shifts 0 -1,878 0 0 -4,092 0 0 -1,557 0 0 -5,110 0 -12,637
Exchanges 1,765 841 0 0 0 0 1,235 1,557 0 0 0 0 5,398
 
All maturities  
Gross purchases 6,082 5,955 3,628 1,096 3,793 3,730 2,198 1,869 2,096 3,185 4,562 6,496 44,690
Gross sales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Redemptions 1,321 0 0 0 1,217 0 3,931 0 0 3,749 335 0 10,553
 
Net change in U.S. Treasury securities 4,761 5,955 3,628 1,096 2,576 3,730 -1,733 1,869 2,096 -564 4,227 6,496 34,137
 
Federal Agency Obligations  
Outright transactions2  
Gross purchases 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gross sales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Redemptions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Net change in federal agency obligations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Temporary Transactions  
Repurchase agreements3  
Gross purchases 185,750 157,000 204,250 163,750 200,750 182,000 177,000 178,000 128,000 178,000 194,500 176,500 2,125,500
Gross sales 206,750 151,250 209,000 166,250 194,250 181,500 178,000 178,000 136,750 169,750 186,500 173,500 2,131,500
Reverse repurchase agreements4
Gross purchases 504,837 445,563 558,568 488,091 531,844 567,926 584,190 642,084 554,480 649,172 665,558 586,711 6,779,024
Gross sales 498,351 446,346 560,306 485,659 532,338 572,488 584,959 640,413 557,372 651,821 662,802 585,277 6,778,132
 
Net change in temporary transactions -14,514 4,967 -6,488 -68 6,006 -4,061 -1,769 1,671 -11,643 5,601 10,756 4,434 -5,108
 
Total net change in System Open Market Account -9,752 10,922 -2,860 1,028 8,582 -331 -3,502 3,540 -9,547 5,037 14,983 10,930 29,030

Note: Sales, redemptions, and negative figures reduce holdings of the System Open Market Account; all other figures increase such holdings. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.

1. Transactions exclude changes in compensation for the effects of inflation on the principal of inflation-indexed securities. Transactions include the rollover of inflation compensation into new securities.  Return to table
2. Excludes the effect of temporary transactions--repurchase agreements, matched sale-purchase agreements (MSPs), and reverse repurchase agreements (RRPs).  Return to table
3. Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. government and federal agency securities.  Return to table
4. Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities.  Return to table


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