Tentative Outright Treasury Operation Schedule

Across all operations in the schedule listed below, the Desk plans to purchase approximately $14 billion. This represents purchases associated with principal payments from agency debt and agency MBS expected to be received between mid-July and mid-August.

Operation Date1 Settlement Date Operation Type2 Maturity
Range
Expected Purchase Size

July 15, 2011

July 18, 2011

Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase

07/31/2015-12/31/2016

$2.50 - $3.00 billion

July 19, 2011

July 20, 2011

Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase

01/31/2013-01/15/2014

$0.50 - $1.00 billion

July 22, 2011

July 25, 2011

Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase

08/15/2021-05/15/2041

$0.50 - $1.00 billion

July 26, 2011

July 27, 2011

Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase

08/15/2018-05/15/2021

$2.75 - $3.50 billion

July 29, 2011

August 1, 2011

Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase

01/31/2014-06/30/2015

$2.50 - $3.00 billion

August 4, 2011

August 5, 2011

Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase

02/15/2017-07/31/2018

$2.75 - $3.50 billion

August 8, 2011

August 9, 2011

Outright TIPS Purchase

04/15/2013-02/15/2041

$0.25 - $0.50 billion



The next release of the approximate purchase amount and tentative outright Treasury operation schedule will be at 2 p.m. on August 10, 2011. At that time, the Desk will also publish information on prices paid for securities included in the operations listed above.

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1Operations are tentatively scheduled to begin around 10:15 AM and close at 11:00 AM unless noted otherwise.
2Nominal coupon operations are specified as “Outright Treasury Coupon Purchase” and TIPS operations are specified as “Outright TIPS Purchase”

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