Detailed information is now available about the loans and other transactions that the Federal Reserve made to stabilize markets and restore the flow of credit during the recent financial crisis, and to support the economic recovery following the crisis.
The recently released data include transaction-level information on a number of the Fed's programs, including lending facilities, purchases of mortgage-backed securities issued by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, currency swap lines with foreign central banks, and loans to individual institutions. For instance, information on loans made through such lending facilities as the Term Auction Facility or Commercial Paper Funding Facility includes borrower name, borrowed amount, transaction date, and the credit terms.
The Fed is making this information available under a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Previously, the central bank provided aggregate information on its lending facilities in a series of weekly and monthly reports.
The data is downloadable in three formats—Excel, CSV, and XML—at www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/reform_transaction.htm. The site also includes explanations of the programs and definitions of the various data elements.
