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CITY OF SAN PABLO
March 2023
Contents
Fixed income market review 3
Activity and performance summary 4
Recap of securities held 6
Maturity distribution of securities held 7
Securities held 8
GASB 40 - Deposit and investment risk disclosure 12
Securities purchased 16
Securities sold and matured 17
Detail of return and interest received 18
Transaction report 21
Additional information 22
FIXED INCOME MARKET REVIEW
As of March 31, 2023
CITY OF SAN PABLO
Chart 1: The use of the Fed’s “discount window” liquidity facility spiked Source: Federal Reserve, March 31, 2023
Chart 2: Core services inflation showed no signs of flagging Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Insight calculations,March 31, 2023 Economic Indicators and Monetary Policy
The market became concerned about the health of the banking s ector. Silicon Valley Bank became the largest bank failure since Lehman Brothers in 200 8, with Signature Bank failing the same weekend, given depositor concerns. All deposits, i ncluding those uninsured by the FDIC, were protected, but other banks, principally First Re public, drew market attention. The Federal Reserve (Fed) introduced a new liquidity facility t o address interest rate risks on bank balance sheets, and the use of its existing “discount window ” facility spiked to even higher levels than in 2008 (Chart 1). Concerns spilled over to Europ e, and regulators engineering a takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS through an all-share sale, w hile Credit Suisse’s AT1 bond instruments were written off.
The FOMC raised the Fed Funds rate by 0.25%, taking The Fed Fun ds rate to a 4.75%-5% range.
Market probabilities going into the meeting were finely balanced between a hike and a pause.
The Fed addressed banking sector concerns stating
The US banking system is sound and
resilient
but