Chairman Powell's term ends in May, and speculators currently see the most likely replacement is one of two Kevins. Odds ...

The Fed recently announced a further reduction in the balance sheet runoff from $25B a month to $5B a month. Yields have been fluctuating within a band since Sept 2022, ranging mostly between 3.25% ...

The Fed’s balance sheet, mentioned by Jerome Powell this week, tracks what the Fed owns and owes. And the Fed has stopped its buying spree, mostly to reduce its influence on the market. Federal ...

Financial markets are not just focused on what the Federal Reserve says about the future path of interest rates on Wednesday. The markets are also on alert for changes to the Fed’s ongoing runoff of ...

Economists anticipate the Federal Reserve will soon announce the end of its quantitative tightening program, which could lower mortgage rates and impact the housing market. The shift from ...

The Federal Reserve’s next moves on the size of its balance sheet could matter for banks as much or more than its rate decisions, says Heard on the Street columnist Telis Demos. Last week, the Fed ...

Federal Reserve governor Chris Waller said the Fed's decision to slow its balance-sheet reduction came too early. (Sean Smith for WSJ) Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said the Fed's ...

Any decision by the Federal Reserve to end its "quantitative tightening" program to shrink its balance sheet could nudge mortgage rates lower, said Sam Williamson, senior economist at First American. ...

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet has shrunk from a peak of $8.97 trillion in April 2022 to $6.56 trillion as the central bank has unwound much of the Treasury and agency mortgage-backed security ...