FRB: Annual Report 2009, Statistical Table 1: Federal Reserve Open Market Transactions, 2009

1. Federal Reserve Open Market Transactions, 2009
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	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
Exchanges	24,708	18,423	23,458	18,423	16,005	18,423	24,361	18,423	16,005	18,423	12,138	24,708	233,498
For new bills	24,708	18,423	23,458	18,423	16,005	18,423	24,361	18,423	16,005	18,423	12,138	24,708	233,498
Redemptions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Others within 1 year
Gross purchases	0	0	0	0	1,380	0	829	0	40	0	0	0	2,249
Gross sales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maturity shifts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Exchanges	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
1 to 5 years
Gross purchases	0	0	7,541	43,740	28,185	15,044	21,532	25,784	14,404	1,936	0	0	158,166
Gross sales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maturity shifts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Exchanges	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 to 10 years
Gross purchases	0	0	7,500	8,996	17,407	28,397	17,088	8,170	5,500	2,949	0	0	96,007
Gross sales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maturity shifts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Exchanges	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
More than 10 years
Gross purchases	0	0	2,499	3,466	9,820	6,749	9,043	7,602	2,049	2,350	0	0	43,578
Gross sales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maturity shifts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Discount notes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All maturities
Gross purchases	0	0	17,540	56,202	56,792	50,190	48,492	41,556	21,993	7,235	0	0	300,000
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 U.S. Treasury securities	0	0	17,540	56,202	56,792	50,190	48,492	41,556	21,993	7,235	0	0	300,000
Federal Agency Obligations
Outright transactions²
Gross purchases	9,600	9,413	13,703	17,765	11,595	16,873	9,485	13,423	12,589	15,783	8,108	3,141	141,478
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	30	30
Net change in federal agency obligations	9,600	9,413	13,703	17,765	11,595	16,873	9,485	13,423	12,589	15,783	8,108	3,111	141,448
Mortgage-Backed Securities³
Net Settlements²
Net change in mortgage-backed securities	7,377	61,470	167,789	129,331	61,639	34,819	80,464	82,027	67,448	81,972	77,819	56,216	908,371
Temporary Transactions
Repurchase agreements⁴
Gross purchases	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gross sales	80,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	80,000
Reverse repurchase agreements⁵
Gross purchases	1,593,534	1,365,436	1,485,898	1,483,810	1,366,185	1,514,269	1,575,058	1,436,812	1,437,572	1,356,242	1,206,922	1,317,821	17,139,559
Gross sales	1,581,950	1,362,861	1,482,294	1,481,260	1,364,285	1,520,799	1,570,459	1,439,045	1,436,182	1,355,268	1,197,005	1,338,611	17,130,019
Net change in temporary transactions	-68,417	2,575	3,605	2,550	1,901	-6,530	4,599	-2,233	1,390	974	9,917	-20,790	-70,459
Total net change in System Open Market Account	-51,440	73,458	202,637	205,848	131,927	95,352	143,040	134,773	103,420	105,964	95,844	38,537	1,279,360

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 and reverse repurchase agreements. Return to table

3. Guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae. Monthly net change in face value of the securities held, which is the remaining principal balance of the underlying mortgages. Return to table

4. Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities, federal agency debt securities, and mortgage-backed securities. Return to table

5. Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities and federal agency debt securities. Return to table

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