Skeptik

Fed Monetizes Debt Leading Investors to Embrace Gold

Yes, the Fed increased their Holdings of US Treasury Bonds and Notes by $2.423 billion during the week, with $921 million of net new purchases of Treasury Notes within the 5-Year, and 10-Year, ‘maturity distribution’.


On Feb 02 03:43 PM Larry Livingstone wrote:

> Boris, I don't see any purchases on treasuries in the last report...only
> a deduction of $181 mil versus last week...in fact, over the last
> year, treasury holdings by the fed have been going down...with the
> fed I have learned that it is more important to watch what they do
> rather than what they say...(note how they are only purchasing MBSs
> at a rate of $50B a year versus a $500B commitment....)
> www.federalreserve.gov.../