Federal Reserve Economic Data

Assets: Securities Held Outright: Mortgage-Backed Securities: Week Average (WMBSEC)

2025-03-26: 2,197,053
Updated: Mar 27, 2025 3:37 PM CDT
2025-03-26:  2,197,053  
2025-03-19:  2,203,285  
2025-03-12:  2,203,309  
2025-03-05:  2,203,309  
2025-02-26:  2,211,329  
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Units:

Millions of U.S. Dollars,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Weekly,
Ending Wednesday

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Notes

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)  

Release: H.4.1 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances  

Units:  Millions of U.S. Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Weekly, Ending Wednesday

Notes:

On November 25, 2008, the Federal Reserve announced a program to purchase mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae. The goal of the program is to provide support to mortgage and housing markets and to foster improved conditions in financial markets. Purchases of these securities began on January 5, 2009.
Additional information on System transactions in mortgage-backed securities is available at www.newyorkfed.org/markets/mbs/.

Suggested Citation:

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Assets: Securities Held Outright: Mortgage-Backed Securities: Week Average [WMBSEC], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WMBSEC, .

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