US Fed Total Discount Window Borrowings Wed $108.53 Billion
By Meena Thiruvengadam, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Federal Reserve's asset holdings expanded in
the latest week as the value of mortgage-backed securities on the central bank's
balance sheet rose by more than $70 billion.
The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Nov. 18 rose to $2.212 trillion
from $2.138 trillion a week earlier, the Fed said in a weekly report released
Thursday.
Total discount window borrowing climbed to $108.53 billion on Wednesday from $
107.77 billion a week earlier.
Borrowing by commercial banks through the Fed's discount window crept upward
slightly to $19.94 billion on Wednesday from $19.88 billion a week earlier.
Meanwhile, borrowing by primary dealers through a credit facility created
following the collapse of Bear Stearns on Wednesday remained at zero for a 28th-
straight week.
The Fed's portfolio of Treasury securities in the latest week edged up to $
776.53 billion from $776.52 billion in the previous week as holdings of
mortgage-backed securities jumped to $847.04 billion from $775.57 billion a week
earlier.
The face value of the Fed's holdings of commercial paper rose to $10.51
billion on Wednesday from the previous week's $9.78 billion.
Meanwhile, U.S. government securities held in custody on behalf of foreign
official accounts rose to $2.933 trillion from $2.916 trillion in the previous
week.
Treasurys held in custody on behalf of foreign official accounts as of
Wednesday hit $2.166 trillion, up from $2.154 trillion in the previous week.
Meanwhile, holdings of agency securities climbed to $766.39 billion from the
prior week's $761.78 billion.
-By Meena Thiruvengadam, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6629;
meena.thiruvengadam@dowjones.com
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