Since March the Fed has increased its buying of mortgaged backed securities (MBS) to $40 billion per month and Wall Street (hedged funds and large banks) have responded by creating more and front running the Fed for easy profits on this new scheme.
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The Fed has purchased $610.943 billion in MBS since March 4, 2020. See link below.
St. Louis Fed website: Assets: Securities Held Outright: Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) on Fed Balance Sheet: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WS...
Track the Fed's official balance sheet here: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WALCL
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