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Fed's Balance Sheet Hits NEW RECORD $3 Trillion

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Details from the WSJ:

Fed’s Balance Sheet Tops $3 Trillion For First Time Ever

The U.S. Federal Reserve‘s balance sheet topped $3 trillion for the first time as the central bank continued with its easy-money policy.

The Fed’s asset holdings in the week ended Jan. 23 increased to $3.013 trillion from $2.965 trillion a week earlier, the central bank said in a weekly report released Thursday. The Fed’s holdings of U.S. Treasury securities rose to $1.697 trillion Wednesday from $1.689 trillion a week earlier. The central bank’s holdings of mortgage-backed securities rose to $983.17 billion, from $947.61 billion a week ago.

A detailed interactive chart of the Fed's balance sheet, courtesy of the Cleveland Fed.

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