Late yesterday, a senior FRB-NY official indicated that it is time for the Federal Reserve to consider how it would get better at buying and selling agency MBS.  In this analysis, we explain why the Fed wants more MBS and what the FRB’s newfound interest in Ginnie, Fannie, and Freddie paper means for U.S. residential-housing finance.

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