Yet it’s the makeup of the Fed’s balance sheet and not the “size that matters,” according to Becker. “The composition of the balance sheet today is likely suppressing 10-year [Treasury ...

For over two years the Fed has been shrinking its balance sheet, reducing the size by about $2 trillion from its peak. The Fed’s assets stand at $6.9 trillion as of Jan. 2. But Schmid said in ...

She pointed to potential costs when the central bank lets its reserves stay too large.

Conditions still support ongoing reductions in the Federal Reserve's balance sheet, Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said ...