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The Fed’s Treasury Purchase Prices During the Pandemic

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  • Maximilian Dunn
  • Michael J. Fleming
  • Ellen Correia Golay
  • Peter Johansson
  • Isabel Krogh
  • Or Shachar
  • Josh Younger

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In March 2020, the Federal Reserve commenced purchases of U.S. Treasury securities to address the market disruptions caused by the pandemic. This post assesses the execution quality of those purchases by comparing the Fed’s purchase prices to contemporaneous market prices. Although past work has considered this question in the context of earlier asset purchases, the market dysfunction spurred by the pandemic means that execution quality at that time may have differed. Indeed, we find that the Fed’s execution quality was unusually good in 2020 in that the Fed bought Treasuries at prices appreciably lower than prevailing market offer prices.

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  • Maximilian Dunn & Michael J. Fleming & Ellen Correia Golay & Peter Johansson & Isabel Krogh & Or Shachar & Josh Younger, 2025. "The Fed’s Treasury Purchase Prices During the Pandemic," Liberty Street Economics 20250708, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fednls:101206
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    Treasury securities;

    JEL classification:

    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services

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