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Why the Fed’s balance sheet could move mortgage rates sooner

Mortgage rates could move sooner than many homebuyers expect but not because of interest-rate cuts — rather because of how the Federal Reserve manages itsbalance sheet. Federal Reserve Governor ...
Reuters

Get used to bloated Fed balance sheet - it's here to stay

ORLANDO, Florida, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve may have lopped more than $1 trillion off its balance sheet but it's difficult to envisage a scenario where its bond holdings return to anywhere ...
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Fed’s balance sheet is point of tension as Trump weighs chair

(Bloomberg) -- A key question is emerging as investors await President Donald Trump’s nominee as the next Federal Reserve chair — how the candidate will manage the central bank’s $6.6 trillion balance ...
Reuters

Fed says it will slow balance sheet runoff process

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that starting next month it will slow the pace of its balance sheet drawdown amid an ongoing impasse over lifting the ...
The New York Times

Strains in Short-Term Markets Raise Urgency of Fed’s Balance Sheet Debate

Warning signs in crucial money markets have raised the prospect that the central bank will soon stop reducing its portfolio of government debt and mortgage bond holdings. By Joe Rennison and Colby ...
Seeking Alpha

Kansas City Fed's Schmid argues against rate cuts, for smaller Fed balance sheet

Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid, who voted against a 25 basis-point rate cut at the Federal Open Market Committee's last meeting, hasn't changed his mind. Easing policy further could keep ...