The Open Market Trading Desk (the Desk) at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York undertakes small value open market transactions for the purpose of testing operational readiness to implement existing and potential policy directives from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The FOMC authorizes the Desk to conduct these exercises in the Authorizations and Continuing Directives for Open Market Operations. In connection with these authorizations, the Desk intends to conduct small value ON RRP and SRP operations to test its contingency infrastructure.
The small value overnight reverse repo operation will be conducted from 10:00 AM ET to 10:30 AM ET on Wednesday, May 13th, 2026 with Primary Dealers and Reverse Repo counterparties.
The small value overnight repo operation will be conducted from 10:15 AM ET to 10:30 AM ET on Wednesday, May 27th, 2026 with Primary Dealers and Standing Repo counterparties.
All counterparties will be limited to one $1 million proposition per eligible security type. Following the completion of each operation, repo operation results will be posted on the New York Fed’s repo website and reverse repo operation results will be posted on the New York Fed’s reverse repo website. The operations’ details are as follows:
| OPERATION TENOR/TYPE | ELIGIBLE COUNTERPARTIES | OPERATION DATE | SETTLEMENT DATE | MATURITY DATE | SECURITY TYPE | RATE | MAXIMUM PROP AMOUNT |
| Overnight Reverse Repo | Primary dealers and ON RRP counterparties | Wed, May 13, 2026 | Wed, May 13, 2026 | Thu, May 14, 2026 | U.S. Treasury | ON RRP Offering Rate on May 13 | $1 million |
| Overnight Repo | Primary dealers and SRP counterparties, which include depository institutions | Wed, May 27, 2026 | Wed, May 27, 2026 | Thu, May 28, 2026 | Multi-tranche: U.S. Treasury, Agency, Agency MBS | SRP Rate on May 27 | $1 million |
