Federal Reserve Monetizing US Debt Faster than its Previous Tightening

During its brief and utterly failed attempt to reduce its balance sheet (called quantitative tightening), the Federal Reserve only rolled off securities at a rate of $50 billion a month. It is now purchasing US treasuries at a rate of more than $55 billion a month: The Federal Reserve continues to add more US government […]

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