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None of this is to deny that a large central bank balance sheet carries costs. It facilitates government financing in ways that risk fiscal dominance and distorts the functioning of financial markets.

Back in ye olde days (pre-2008 in the United States), central bankers had not gone nuts with QE and so reserve balances were ...

The Federal Reserve uses its balance sheet during severe recessions to influence the longer-term interest rates it doesn’t directly control, such as the 10-year Treasury yield, and consequently, the ...

The Federal Reserve wants its balance sheet runoff to continue as long as possible, but doing so could mean persuading banks to hold fewer reserves. Processing Content A sudden spike in reserve demand ...

Warsh’s resolve has strengthened since and he has regularly cited QE as the defining feature of his critique of the Fed, its ...

(Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve has to grapple with the question of how big its balance sheet should be after it stopped shrinking its $6.5 trillion portfolio, according to economists at the central ...

It is a pleasure to offer closing remarks after another excellent U.S. Treasury Market Conference.1 A well-functioning and liquid Treasury market is in all of our interests, and indeed the national ...

Discussions about an optimal size of the Fed’s balance sheet are increasingly at odds with the diverse drivers of how this ledger interacts with a shifting regulatory environment. The Federal ...

Mortgage rates near 6% could shift as the Federal Reserve debates shrinking its balance sheet. Fed Governor Miran weighs QT, housing strain and yields.

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday he would not expect the ...