MishTalk
AUGUST 6, 2013
Reader Question: Does the Fed Balance Sheet Properly Reflect QE Announcements? The feds balance sheet doesnt reflect it. The balance sheet was up $720 billion from Aug 1, 2012 to Aug 1, 2013 ($309B in treasuries and $393B in MBS) but that is only $60B per month. Feds Balance Sheet. QE History.
MishTalk
JANUARY 8, 2014
Inquiring minds are reading Minutes of the December 17-18 FOMC Meeting to see what the Fed is thinking. Investors appeared to read the economic data releases over the intermeeting period as better than had been expected and therefore as raising the odds that the FOMC might decide to reduce the pace of asset purchases at its December meeting.
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MishTalk
JULY 10, 2013
However, several members judged that a reduction in asset purchases would likely soon be warranted , in light of the cumulative decline in unemployment since the September meeting and ongoing increases in private payrolls, which had increased their confidence in the outlook for sustained improvement in labor market conditions. July 2007 (44).
MishTalk
JANUARY 3, 2014
Had I suggested in 2007 that the Fed balance sheet expansion of $75 billion a month would have been considered "tightening" people would have thought I was nuts. For example, Meet "Baxter" the Robot Out to Get Your Minimum-Wage, No Benefits, Part-Time Job. At long last, the Fed has finally started to taper. Here we are.
MishTalk
APRIL 1, 2015
Chicago used interest rate swaps on its 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009 bond deals, apparently as part of a synthetic fixed rate strategy. ( Of course, Chicago would also have to meet the other eligibility criteria. It is not a balance sheet test, but a cash flow test. This probably wasn’t an accident either.
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