Here, policymakers confirmed they had initiated discussions on how to wind down
the program of bond purchases.
Not exact matches
The European Central Bank on December 3 dropped one
of its main policy rates to negative 0.3 % from negative 0.2 % and said it would extend its
bond - buying
program, under which it creates euros to
purchase debt, to at least March 2017.
Last December, the bank announced it would extend its
bond - buying
program albeit at a reduced pace
of purchases.
By reevaluating the current
bond purchase program and refusing to rule out a rate cut, the European Central Bank opened a new set
of opportunities for investors.
«We do nt foresee the ECB making any changes at all until September, when the QE
program officially ends,» said Alfonso Esparza, senior currency strategist at Oanda Corporation in Toronto, Canada, referring to the bank's
purchases of bonds.
The yield on the U.S. 10 year Treasury
bond recently hit 9 - month highs and the 2s10s spread widened on news
of the Bank
of Japan trimming its long - dated
bond buying
program and questions around China's ongoing
purchase of U.S. Treasuries (USTs) with its foreign - exchange reserves.
The European Central Bank (ECB) ready to reduce its monthly
bond -
purchasing program sometime in early 2018, and the Bank
of England (BOE) isexpected to raise interest rates in November for the first time since 2007.
U.S. financial markets were little moved by Thursday's data, with attention focused on details
of a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine and a surprise interest rate cut and
bond purchasing program announced by Sweden's central bank.
Just because there is a rule stipulating that QE
program purchases of sovereign
bonds be in relation to GDP, the ECB has and will continue to do «whatever it takes» in order to prevent peripheral Eurozone
bond yields from blowing out to near - reality levels.
The ECB has said it intends to continue
bond purchases until at least September, to keep interest rates at current levels until «well past» the end
of the
program.
As it had announced at the end
of 2016, the ECB cut the size
of its monthly
bond purchases from $ 80 billion to $ 60 billion in April, but President Draghi also moved to quell speculation about an increase in the ECB's deposit rate later this year, which some critics had called for, even before any curtailment
of the ECB's quantitative easing
program.
Specifically, the lead bank recently said that it would extend its current
bond purchasing program through December
of next year, versus the original planned cutoff in March.
Still, 70 % said the Fed should continue reducing the monthly size
of its
bond purchases and end the
program completely by the end
of the year, with 58 % expecting that to happen.
The ECB could potentially
purchase Greek sovereign
bonds down the road — assuming Greece remains faithful to the outlines
of its reform
program — as part
of their new quantitative easing initiative, thereby lowering borrowing costs and providing more liquidity to Greece.
He also discussed the large - scale asset
purchases of the Fed's quantitative easing
program, casting doubt on much
of the literature
of the day — which tended to find positive, but limited effects
of such
purchases on reducing
bond yields.
The US dollar looks to be on target for its best weekly performance against the Japanese yen since early June, despite yesterday's slip on the back
of concerns for the stability
of the US economy with the potential tapering
of the Federal Reserve's $ 85 billion a month
bond purchasing program once again coming to the forefront
of investors minds.
As had been widely expected, at the ECB's meeting in late October, policymakers outlined their plans to reduce the monthly
bond purchases carried out by the central bank as part
of its QE
program.
What is the real story behind the Bank
of Japan's quantitative and qualitative using
program which begun in 2013 augmented with a negative interest rate policy for large scale
purchases of Japanese government
bonds?
Market participants closely studied ECB President Mario Draghi's accompanying remarks for any clues about the path ahead for monetary policy, but he batted away suggestions
of any changes to the ECB's
bond -
purchasing program.
The long - anticipated introduction
of euro zone government
bond purchases will bring the ECB's buying
program into line with the U.S. Federal Reserve's quantitative easing (QE).
Growth in most
of the eurozone has remained tepid and reliant on continued central bank stimulus, though the European Central Bank's (ECB's)
bond -
purchasing program has been hampered by a scarcity
of eligible
bonds, as issuance from member governments is restricted by their austerity - driven policies.
Many analysts have long flagged a similar pitfall for the ECB's
purchasing program, namely a scarcity
of eligible
bonds, as issuance from member governments has been restricted by their austerity - driven policies.
But the sense some central banks might be reviewing the effectiveness
of their QE
programs was given credence by the Bank
of Japan's (BOJ's) policy shift in September to target yields rather than
bond purchases.
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The possibility
of the Federal Reserve slowing its
bond purchasing program sent interest rates rocketing in May.
A rule change could increase the percentage
of any single
bond the ECB can buy, broaden the composition
of sovereign
bonds bought, expand the universe
of eligible corporate
bonds or even expand the
program to include stock
purchases — a radical move we see as unlikely at this stage.
In October 2014, we came to the end
of the Fed's Quantitative Easing
program, a process intended to keep long term interest rates low though the
purchase of Treasury
Bonds and to keep mortgage credit flowing at low rates though the
purchase of agency - issued Mortgage - Backed Securities (MBS).
After the
program of MBS and debt accumulation by the Fed ended, they were still «recycling» inbound proceeds from maturing and refinanced mortgages to
purchase replacement
bonds for a number
of years.
If
bond yields rise 0.25 % when the Fed is buying 70 %
of the
bonds and keeping interest rates artificially low, those yields will experience a stratospheric zoom after June 30, when Bernanke's «QE2»
bond -
purchase program comes to an end.
Under that
program, the Fed was
purchasing up to $ 85 billion
of long term US Treasury
bonds and mortgage backed securities.
This
program included
purchases of mortgage - backed securities as well as Treasury
bonds, and it continued until October 2014, well beyond most people's expectations.
Series EE and I Savings
Bonds are both part
of the savings
bond program from the US Treasury, with similar low - risk investment profiles, same methods for
purchasing, and tax advantages.
Besides handling
purchases and sales, the
program needs to process a full range
of transactions, including receipts
of interest and dividends, stock splits, option expirations and conversion
of derivative securities, such as options, warrants and convertible
bonds, into their underlying stock shares.
One important condition for OMTs is the conditionality attached to a European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) or a European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
program, which involves primary market
purchases of sovereign
bonds and changes in national monetary policies.
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The federal tax credit
program will end at the end
of April, the Federal Housing Administration is tightening the screws on its minimum standards, and the Fed plans to end it's 1.25 trillion dollar mortgage -
bond -
purchase program in just a few days.