<p>This paper is a few years old. You might want to look at page 6.
Briefly, it varies by country and across time.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/quarterly-refunding/Documents/February2015TBACCharge1.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/quarterly-refunding/Documents/February2015TBACCharge1.pdf</a></p>

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H2ONaCl
<p>It changes over time. Any textual summary is probably going to end up out of date.</p>
<p>If the purchases are a large portion of securities outstanding - which is the case - the central bank has no choice but to buy what is available.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/soma-holdings" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Link to NY Fed page with data.</a></p>

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Brian Romanchuk
<p>I know that QE involves the purchasing of government bonds by the central bank &quot;printing money&quot; but I am curious about what the typical time to maturity of those bonds are. I.e. the typical time before the central bank is faced with the choice of &quot;un-printing&quot; that money (taking it out of the economy) or doing some more QE.</p>

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Typical duration of bonds purchased in QE
Mick
# Typical duration of bonds purchased in QE

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-02-20)

I know that QE involves the purchasing of government bonds by the central bank "printing money" but I am curious about what the typical time to maturity of those bonds are. I.e. the typical time before the central bank is faced with the choice of "un-printing" that money (taking it out of the economy) or doing some more QE.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-02-22. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

This paper is a few years old. You might want to look at page 6.
Briefly, it varies by country and across time.

<https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/quarterly-refunding/Documents/February2015TBACCharge1.pdf>


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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-02-20. Score: 0

It changes over time. Any textual summary is probably going to end up out of date.

If the purchases are a large portion of securities outstanding - which is the case - the central bank has no choice but to buy what is available.

[Link to NY Fed page with data.](https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/soma-holdings)


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