The Fed released their latest financial snapshot on Boxing Day and it contained fascinating facts. No wonder they decided to start tapering at their last FOMC meeting from $85 to $75 billion a month in terms of their asset purchase programme.
- The total balance sheet now stands at $4.07 trillion, up $1.125 trillion versus a year ago.
- It holds $2.2 trillion of Treasury securities and $1.5 trillion of mortgage backed securities
- The bank now owns over a third of all outstanding 10 year Treasury notes
The complete balance sheet is at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h41/current/h41.htm
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U.S. Federal Reserve’s balance sheet jumps to over four trillion dollars
Dec 27, 2013 at 8:01 am in Market Commentary by contrarianuk
The Fed released their latest financial snapshot on Boxing Day and it contained fascinating facts. No wonder they decided to start tapering at their last FOMC meeting from $85 to $75 billion a month in terms of their asset purchase programme.
The complete balance sheet is at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h41/current/h41.htm
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