To help foster this price stability and hopefully push down the current 9.1 % employment rate — its dual mandate — the Fed indicated that it would purchase, by the end of June 2012, $ 400 billion of Treasury securities with remaining maturities of six years to 30 years, and to sell an equal amount of Treasury securities with maturities of three years or less. (valueline.com)
The ProShares UltraShort 20 + Year Treasury ETF provides 2x inverse exposure, reset daily, to an index that tracks the performance of US Treasury securities with remaining maturities greater than 20 years. (etf.com)
The average remaining maturity of the Bank of Japan's JGB purchases has been extended as well. (sr-sv.com)