Operation Twist Schedule for April

The Operation Twist program by the Fed will receive more and more attention moving forward.  The program is projected to end in June. The next schedule will be released on 4/30/12 and, since the end of the program is very near, the Fed will likely release the schedule thru June.  Backing out the thought process further, this places a heavy weight on Chairman Bernanke's two-day meeting a couple weeks from now, especially the second day, 4/25/12, when the rate decision and the press conference occurs. At that time, traders will listen for the fate of Operation Twist, does it end or does the Fed continue?

Regular market pumps occurred between 10 AM and 11 AM for the QE1 and QE2 pump programs 2009 into early 2011 but the current operations for Operation Twist do not match well enough to make any market prognostications from the dates.  The link to the Operation Twist schedule is always available in the right margin with the 'POMO Pump' link.