Fed to buy broad and diversified portfolio of corporate bonds to support economy
|The US Federal Reserve announced on Monday that it will start buying a broad and diversified portfolio of corporate bonds to support market liquidity and the availability of credit for large employers.
Market reaction
With the initial market reaction, Wall Street's main indexes surged higher and the US Dollar Index (DXY) extended its daily slide. As of writing, the DXY was down 0.5% on the day at 96.60 and the S&P 500 was gaining 1.16% at 3,076 points.
Full press release
"The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced updates to the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF), which will begin buying a broad and diversified portfolio of corporate bonds to support market liquidity and the availability of credit for large employers.
As detailed in a revised term sheet and updated FAQs, the SMCCF will purchase corporate bonds to create a corporate bond portfolio that is based on a broad, diversified market index of US corporate bonds. This index is made up of all the bonds in the secondary market that have been issued by US companies that satisfy the facility's minimum rating, maximum maturity, and other criteria. This indexing approach will complement the facility's current purchases of exchange-traded funds.
The Primary Market and Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facilities were established with the approval of the Treasury Secretary and with $75 billion in equity provided by the Treasury Department from the CARES Act."
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