Economics
Fed’s QT to Hit ‘Full Stride’ With Central Bank Shrinking $9 Trillion Portfolio
- Unwind to increase this week to $95 billion per month
- September, October will be largest declines for bill holdings
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Source: Bloomberg
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The Federal Reserve’s balance-sheet unwind is set to ramp up this week, which means the central bank will finally begin unloading the Treasury bills it started amassing almost three years ago.
As part of its broader plan to reduce its $9 trillion portfolio, the Fed will boost its monthly caps for the amount of Treasuries and holdings of mortgage-backed securities that it will let mature to $60 billion and $35 billion, respectively, while using its $326 billion stash of T-bills as filler when coupons run below the monthly level. September will be the first month that bills will be redeemed since coupons will fall below the monetary authority’s new cap.