Federal Reserve Bought Treasuries in March

The Fed is supposed to be rolling off ~$12 billion a month in Treasuries and ~$8 billion a month in MBS in March. In April, this increases to ~$18 billion and ~12 billion.

It bought treasuries in March, $641 million according to FRED. Total assets only fell $1.2 billion in March instead of ~$20 billion. It was down $26 billion in February and $29 billion in January, for a total of $56 billion in three months, which is on pace for the quarter. If the Fed frontloads its sales in April, we could see $40ish billion in assets sold as this quarter's total balance sheet reduction should be $90 billion.

The Q2 reductions are roughly 0.7 percent of the Fed's balance sheet each month. By December, at $50 billion monthly, the Fed will be reducing its balance sheet by 1.2 percent each month.
FRED: U.S. Treasury securities held by the Federal Reserve: All Maturities

The Fed's total assets only declined $1.2 billion.