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 ...

The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States and conducts the nation's monetary policy. The primary goals of the Fed's monetary policy are to promote maximum employment, stable ...

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet has shrunk from a peak of $8.97 trillion in April 2022 to $6.56 trillion as the central bank has unwound much of the Treasury and agency mortgage-backed security ...

Ending of the quantitative tightening program three years after it began The Federal Reserve announced it will halt Treasury ...

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 ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told reporters that bank reserves appear to remain abundant, leaving room for the central bank to continue shrinking its balance sheet, a process widely known as ...

BCA Research said money markets are showing early signs of strain, though conditions have not reached a level that would ...

Remarks at 2025 U.S. Treasury Market Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City As prepared for delivery. It is a pleasure to offer closing remarks after another excellent U.S.

The Federal Reserve can keep reducing its roughly $6.7 trillion balance sheet at a slow pace because banking reserves still remain "abundant," Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday. Powell noted that ...

(Reuters) -The Federal Reserve’s decision last month to announce a looming halt to the drawdown of its balance sheet earlier ...

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 ...