The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System voted unanimously to raise the interest rate paid on reserve balances to 0.4 percent, effective March 17, 2022.
“Effective March 17, 2022, the Federal Open Market Committee directs the Desk to:
o Undertake open market operations as necessary to maintain the federal funds rate in a target range of 1/4 to 1/2 percent.
$500 billion; the aggregate operation limit can be temporarily increased at the discretion of the Chair.
Conduct overnight reverse repurchase agreement operations at an offering rate of 0.3 percent and with a per-counterparty limit of $160 billion per day; the per-counterparty limit can be temporarily increased at the discretion of the Chair.
Roll over at auction all principal payments from the Federal Reserve's holdings of Treasury securities and reinvest all principal payments
from the Federal Reserve's holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in agency MBS.
Allow modest deviations from stated amounts for reinvestments, if needed for operational reasons.
o Engage in dollar roll and coupon swap transactions as necessary to facilitate settlement of the Federal Reserve's agency MBS transactions.”
In a related action, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System voted
unanimously to approve a 1/4 percentage point increase in the primary credit rate to
0.5 percent, effective March 17, 2022
“Effective March 17, 2022, the Federal Open Market Committee directs the Desk to:
o Undertake open market operations as necessary to maintain the federal funds rate in a target range of 1/4 to 1/2 percent.
$500 billion; the aggregate operation limit can be temporarily increased at the discretion of the Chair.
Conduct overnight reverse repurchase agreement operations at an offering rate of 0.3 percent and with a per-counterparty limit of $160 billion per day; the per-counterparty limit can be temporarily increased at the discretion of the Chair.
Roll over at auction all principal payments from the Federal Reserve's holdings of Treasury securities and reinvest all principal payments
from the Federal Reserve's holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in agency MBS.
Allow modest deviations from stated amounts for reinvestments, if needed for operational reasons.
o Engage in dollar roll and coupon swap transactions as necessary to facilitate settlement of the Federal Reserve's agency MBS transactions.”
In a related action, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System voted
unanimously to approve a 1/4 percentage point increase in the primary credit rate to
0.5 percent, effective March 17, 2022
