ECB Didn’t Settle Any Government Bond Purchases for a Ninth Week

The European Central Bank said it didn’t make any government bond purchases for a ninth straight week.

The Frankfurt-based ECB said it will take seven-day term deposits tomorrow to absorb the 214 billion euros ($275 billion) of liquidity created since the program started in May 2010, a practice it employs to ensure the purchases don’t fuel inflation. The ECB halted the bond-buying program after its two three-year loans to banks totaling more than 1 trillion euros helped debt markets to rally.

     Week      Purchases Settled (bln)  Total (bln)
     1              16.50*              16.5
     2              10.00*              26.5
     3               8.50*              35.0
     4               5.50*              40.5
     5               6.50*              47.0
     6               4.00*              51.0
     7               4.00*              55.0
     8               4.00*              59.0
     9               1.00*              60.0
     10              0.302              60.0
     11              0.176              60.5
     12              0.081              60.5
     13              0.009              60.5
     14              0.010              60.5
     15              0.338              60.5
     16              0.142              61.0
     17              0.173              61.0
     18              0.237              61.0
     19              0.323              61.5
     20              0.134              61.5
     21              1.384              63.5
     22              0.009              63.5
     23                  0              63.5
     24                  0              63.5
     25                  0              63.5
     26              0.711              64.0
     27              1.070              65.0
     28              0.713              66.0
     29              1.348              67.0
     30              1.965              69.0
     31              2.667              72.0
     32              0.603              72.5
     33              1.121              73.5
     34              0.164              73.5
     35              0.113              74.0
     36              2.313              76.5
     37              0.146              76.5
     38                  0              76.5
     39                  0              76.5
     40                  0              76.5
     41              0.711              77.0
     42              0.369              77.5
     43                  0              77.5
     44                  0              77.5
     45                  0              77.5
     46              0.432              76.5
     47                  0              77.0
     48                  0              77.0
     49                  0              76.0
     50                  0              76.0
     51                  0              76.0
     52                  0              76.0
     53                  0              76.0
     54                  0              75.0
     55                  0              75.0
     56                  0              75.0
     57                  0              75.0
     58                  0              74.0
     59                  0              74.0
     60                  0              74.0
     61                  0              74.0
     62                  0              74.0
     63                  0              74.0
     64                  0              74.0
     65                  0              74.0
     66                 22              96.0
     67                 14.3           110.5
     68                  6.65          115.5
     69                 13.3           129.0
     70                 13.96          143.0
     71                  9.79          152.5
     72                  3.95          156.5
     73                  3.80          160.5
     74                  2.31          163.0
     75                  2.24          165.0
     76                  4.49          169.5
     77                  4.00          173.5
     78                  9.52          183.0
     79                  4.48          187.0
     80                  7.99          194.5
     81                  8.58          203.5
     82                  3.66          207.0
     83                  0.64          207.5
     84                  3.36          211.0
     85                  0.02          211.0
     86                  0.46          211.5
     87                  1.1           213.0
     88                  3.77          217.0
     89                  2.24          219.0
     90                  0.06          219.0
     91                  0.12          219.0
     92                  0.06          219.5
     93                  0             219.5
     94                  0             219.5
     95                  0             219.5
     96                  0.03          218.0
     97                  0             218.0
     98                  0             213.5**
     99                  0             213.5
     100                 0             214.0
     101                 0             214.0
     102                 0             214.0
     103                 0             214.0
     104                 0             214.0
     105                 0             214.0

* = calculated by Bloomberg News
** = some bonds matured

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