The greenback could gain some of its loses across the broad after Fed announcement to provide greater support to mortgage lending purchasing up to an additional $750 billions of agency mortgage-backed securities to bring the total of its purchases of them to $1.25 trillion this year and to increase its purchases of agency debt this year up to $100 billion to be totally $200b and to improve conditions in the private credit markets, the Committee decided too to purchase up to $300 billion of longer-term Treasury securities in the next six months. The greenback came under strong pressure after this announcement which came accompanied with dovish growth outlook expected by the fed and underestimation of the inflation upside risks outlook because of the credit crisis and the recession pressure which is expected to continue longer than expected.
- Published: 20 March 2009
- Written by Editor