Also during the week, the Fed sold $1.6 billion of the conventional 30-year 3.5% February-March dollar roll. (In dollar rolls, MBS are simultaneously sold for the near-month settlement but purchased back for the forward-month settlement.)
The report also shows the number of net purchases of MBS since the Fed began its third round of quantitative easing on Sept. 13 of last year by issuer totaling $318.8 billion.
The breakdown by issuer during that period is as follows: Fannie Mae, 53%; Freddie Mac, 26%; and Ginnie Mae, 21%. The breakdown by product type is conventional 30-year product, 59%; Ginnie Mae 30-year product, 21%; and conventional 15-year product, 19%.
