The Federal Reserve Board bought $3.5 billion of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Federal Home Loan bank debt Tuesday under a program aimed at reducing mortgage costs.
The central bank acquired bonds with maturities between March 2013 and August 2017, according to the New York Fed's Web site.
Dealers offered $5.8 billion of the securities.
The Fed has now bought $19.9 billion of so-called agency debt since the program began last month.
A housing bill that already passed the Senate cleared the House Monday evening, but included bipartisan community banking provisions that have already raised objections in the upper chamber.
Fifteen banks have failed since November 2019, with the most recent one occurring on Jan. 30.
The Government Accountability Office was tasked with investigating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's stop-work order, but CFPB officials refused to meet with or provide information to Congress' investigative arm.
Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said comments from banks and fintech firms reveal sharply different priorities in the creation of the central bank's proposed "skinny" master accounts.
Check fraud has risen 385% since the pandemic, with criminals using stolen mail and digital tools to deceive major financial institutions.
The activist investor HoldCo Asset Management said Monday that it doesn't plan to pursue proxy battles this spring at either Key or Eastern. It had been agitating publicly over the banks' M&A strategies.
