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Fed Issues First Monthly Transparency Report

In an effort to increase transparency about the $1 Trillion (of $2.1 Trillion) it has added to it’s balance sheet since last September, the Fed committed to issuing a balance sheet performance report on the second Wednesday of each month.

In the first reports, the Fed indicated it netted $2.7 Billion in the first quarter, largely on gains from Term Auction Facility (TAF) loans and on its Commercial Paper Funding Facility; earned $4.6 Billion from Treasury bonds which it started purchashing in March; and lost $5.3 Billion on Bear Stearns and AIG collateral.

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