PSP: Hoisted from Comments http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2007/08/central-banking.html#comment-79038528:
Fri morning's N.Y. Times online edition:
The E.C.B. injected another 61 billion euros ($84 billion) into the banking system, after providing 95 billion euros the day before. The Federal Reserve today added $19 billion to the system through the purchase of mortgage-backed securities, then $16 billion in three-day repurchase agreements. The Fed also added money on Thursday.
I thought the Fed only bought and sold Federal debt. This says it is intervening directly in the mortgage-backed securities market. Is this as unusual as I think it is?
Yes.
