Large U.S. Banks Shrink Assets; Industry Cuts Wholesale Funding In Q4 2024
In the fourth quarter of 2024, the US banking industry reported a smaller overall asset base and upgraded its funding profile ...
How Republicans calling for smaller government could use the Fed's balance sheet to wield more power
Both times, the Fed's balance grew in size, reaching a peak of almost $9 trillion in 2022, but the second period of asset purchases consisted mostly of lower-coupon, longer-duration bonds that plunged ...
Fed's Powell sees a ways to go on shrinking Fed holdings
Over two days of testimony this week before Congress, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated there's no imminent ...
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Trump offering federal workers buyouts with about 8 months' pay in effort to shrink government
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it offered buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the U.S ...
Fed’s Williams Says Inflation on Track to 2% But Will Take Time
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said he anticipates inflation will continue to slow toward the ...
Without A Low Rate, The S&P 500 Is Likely To Decline This Year
Weak lending presents potential for future economic growth if interest rates are lowered. Read why I am more bearish about ...
Fed nears QT crossroads as 'excess liquidity' evaporates: McGeever
A key measure of excess liquidity in the financial system is evaporating rapidly. Once it disappears, further reduction of ...
Column-Fed Nears QT Crossroads as 'Excess Liquidity' Evaporates: McGeever
That may be true, but once there is no excess liquidity sloshing around the system, liquidity drained by QT will have to come ...
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Fed's balance sheet runoff nears pivotal moment
As the Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repurchase agreement program nears zero, pressure could mount on the central bank ...
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Fed's Powell: We intend to reduce the balance sheet size
post: FED'S POWELL: THE FED DOESN'T ACT UNTIL SEEING MUCH MORE THAN WE SEE NOW. post: POWELL: WE DON'T THINK WE NEED LABOR MARKET TO COOL OFF ANY MORE OVERALL LABOR MARKET DOES SEEM TO BE STABLE, ...
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Byron Donalds ‘all for’ mandating in-person work to downsize federal government
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) said mandating in-person work for federal employees in Washington “needs to happen,” arguing that it can pave the way for drastic improvement in the government. The ...