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 ...

NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve faces no imminent market liquidity challenges that could stop the ongoing contraction of its balance sheet, according to a new tool launched ...

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 ...

The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged after its fourth FOMC meeting of 2025, maintaining the federal funds rate.

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 ...

Furthermore, another underappreciated impact of the SLR change is its effect on the Total Loss Absorbing Capital (TLAC) and ...

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

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday proposed easing a key capital rule that banks say has limited their ability to operate.

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