It did so forcefully during the pandemic: Assets on the Fed’s balance sheet ballooned from about $4.2 trillion at the start of 2020 to nearly $9 trillion at its 2022 peak, as it purchased vast ...

Prohibiting the Fed from paying interest on reserves wouldn’t protect taxpayers and would undermine the central bank’s ...

The Federal Reserve’s main tool to keep inflation in check and maximize employment — which are its two fundamental functions as mandated by Congress — is its key federal funds rate. The rate ...

The clouded outlook for the balance sheet comes after the QT process just crossed the two-year mark. The Fed more than doubled the size of its holdings by the summer of 2022 via purchases of ...

Economists at Deutsche Bank think the Fed will announce a pause in shrinking the balance sheet on March 19, with the program to resume in September. They don't think QT will stop until March 2026.

As traders brace for another pivotal session on Monday, July 7, 2025, several critical U.S. economic updates could influence ...

Those purchases more than doubled the Fed's balance sheet to a peak of about $9 trillion by the summer of 2022. ... So far, the fed funds rate has traded exactly where the central bank wants.

The Federal Reserve said all major banks passed this year’s stress tests, showing they can withstand a hypothetical severe ...

Ms. Shelton, a monetary economist, is a senior fellow at the Independent Institute and author of ‘Good as Gold: How to ...

The Russell 2000 remains discounted with limited catalysts, though easing rates and trade tensions could spark gains.

The Treasury spent big on transfers to households via the Fed. A huge fiscal deficit emerged, and the national debt spiked upwards. But the Fed did not allow this to be reflected in higher interest ...