There was a time when the Fed would repurchase freshly issued bonds a month, a week, or even a day after they were auctioned off by the Treasury (to avoid that whole perjury-inducing "no monetization" stigma). That's no longer the case. Moments ago the Fed concluded its most recent POMO as part of the now unsterilized QE4EVA, focusing on 2036-2042 maturities, i.e., the long-end. A quick look at the issues bought shows that the one CUSIP most put back by dealers to the Fed was the 912810QY7 30 Year. Curiously this is precisely the same CUSIP that, despite the debt ceiling being breached and all, will be auctioned off... tomorrow [6]. Granted, it is a reopening (29 year, 10 month issue), but in a world in which nothing financial makes sense, and idiots come up with debt ceiling avoidance "schemes" that could have rolled right off a Lewis Black rant, we prefer to think of its as pre-monetization, much the same as pre-crime. That said, our hopes that Spielberg will consider putting the script of Monetization Report into a movie, with Paul Giamatti reprising the role of the man who prints the world, will likely not come true.
Note the highlighted Cusip just monetized by the Fed...
... And the link to tomorrow's 912810QY7 auction [6].
Finally, since the Fed is no longer in the sterilized monetization business, but has reverted to the bazooka approach, it means POMO days are once again critical as then the Primary Dealers will end up with substantial cash dry powder, to be used to ramp stocks and for other general excess reserve permitting purposes.
Which is why here is the full calendar of January POMO dates: it may not be a good idea to be short stocks on any of the days listed below.
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