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> That temporary measure turned out to be not so temporary! Actually it was temporary. The Fed bought things up and then stopped, and then started reducing ass
by throw0101a 4y ago
> That temporary measure turned out to be not so temporary!
Actually it was temporary. The Fed bought things up and then stopped, and then started reducing assets:
* https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WALCL https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WALCL
And then COVID hit. They're reducing assets now (quantitative tightening). Odd Lots had a recent episode on this, "What the Fed's Big Balance Sheet Unwind Means for Markets":
* https://play.acast.com/s/oddlots/6edf697f-abc7-4960-8060-aeda014e6d11 https://play.acast.com/s/oddlots/6edf697f-abc7-4960-8060-aed...
* https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/what-the-feds-big-balance-sheet-unwind-means-for-markets/id1056200096?i=1000571066254 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/what-the-feds-big-bala...