By Michael S. Derby Feb 17 (Reuters) - Kevin Warsh, nominated to lead the Federal Reserve, may want a smaller central bank ...
An immediate effort to unload some of the central bank's assets could do more harm than good. Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh ...
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.
Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...
But for those with the appetite, Ruth Judson and Colin Weiss, two economists working at the Fed, have dropped some cracking data plotting the history of their balance sheet back to inception in 1914.
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 ...
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 ...
Mortgage rates near 6% could shift as the Federal Reserve debates shrinking its balance sheet. Fed Governor Miran weighs QT, housing strain and yields.
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 ...
The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet is an important monetary policy tool. The mainstream tends to focus on interest rate policy, but the balance sheet may have an even bigger impact on the money ...
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 ...