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System Open Market Account Holdings

The System Open Market Account (SOMA), managed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, contains dollar-denominated assets acquired via open market operations. These securities serve three purposes:

Collateral for U.S. currency in circulation and other reserve factors that show up as liabilities on the Federal Reserve System's balance sheet
A tool for the Fed’s management of reserve balances
A store of liquidity in the event an emergency need for liquidity arises

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Securities Holdings as of May 14, 2008 ($ thousands)

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Summary	T-Bills	T-Notes & T-Bonds	TIIS

Security Type	Total Par Value
US Treasury Bills (T-Bills)	49,609,742
US Treasury Notes and Bonds (Notes/Bonds)	421,816,020
US Treasury Inflation-Indexed Securities (TIIS)¹	39,170,613
Total SOMA Holdings	510,596,374
Change From Prior Week	-21,144,117

¹ Does not reflect inflation compensation of $5,059,445.

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