Statement Regarding Aggregation of Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities Holdings

During the week of August 17, 2015, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (New York Fed) Open Market Trading Desk will begin a process to streamline the administration of the agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) held in the System Open Market Account (SOMA) by consolidating some of these securities through a service offered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac called CUSIP aggregation. Through this process, aggregated CUSIPs are formed by consolidating existing agency MBS with similar characteristics into larger pass-through securities. This process is commonly used by market participants,......(read more)

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