Dealers find Fed buying $545 billion in mortgage bonds

The biggest bond dealers in the United States have recently reported that the Federal Reserve is expected to provide more stimulus money to Americans through the purchasing of mortgage securities instead of Treasuries, in an effort to increase demand and free up capital for consumers to put back into the economy.

According to Bloomberg, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has announced another stimulus program that will be launched in the first quarter of 2012, predicted to purchase $545 billion in home-loan debt securities. In an interview with the source, Shyam Rajan of New York, an interest-rate strategist at Bank of America, said including Treasuries, the Federal Reserve could spend up to $800 billion on the program.

In a separate piece, Bloomberg reported the Federal Reserve has been working on providing financial security for U.S. financial institutions since the onset of the crisis in 2008, but many of its actions were kept secret. A Bloomberg report found institutions were approaching the Federal Reserve, asking for bailout money that totaled in $7.77 trillion in federal funding, exponentially larger than the TARP bailout program.

Further, Bloomberg reported that automatic government spending cuts that are set to begin in 2013 will reduce the deficit by $1.3 trillion and help boost the economy. Domestic factors play a role in determining how the government should best approach stimulus plans, as well as the economic markets in Europe. Treasuries increased last week as more financial experts showed concern over the debt crisis in Europe.

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