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How the Fed Is Reducing Its Balance Sheet--and Why


Abstract: To encourage economic recovery, the Fed purchased large amounts of securities. Now it's taking steps to unwind a balance sheet that hit $4.5 trillion in 2017.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Publication Date: 2018-07-10