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Former Fed "number three" pours cold water: balance sheet reduction cannot exchange for significant rate cut space.
Odaily News Former New York Fed President Bill Dudley pointed out that the Fed's balance sheet reduction (QT) has reached its target and is about to stop. Further significant balance sheet reduction is operationally challenging and carries enormous risks, yielding minimal benefits. Further balance sheet reduction does not create conditions for significantly lowering short-term Intrerest Rates, and has little impact on the tightness of monetary policy. The scale of the Fed's balance sheet has dropped from a peak of $8.97 trillion on April 2022 to $6.56 trillion. This is because the Fed had previously purchased a large amount of U.S. Treasuries and agency mortgage-backed securities to support the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has now sold off a significant portion of them. This move has made the supply and demand for reserves more balanced. (Jin10)

