Recent firming in overnight lending rates suggests “it will not be long” before the Fed reaches its desired level of bank reserves, said John Williams, the New York Fed chief. (David Dee ...

The US Federal Reserve may soon need to grow its balance sheet through bond purchases and could consider shortening the average duration of its debt holdings, Federal Reserve Bank of New York ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A divided U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday and announced it will restart limited purchases of Treasury securities after ...

Fed announces end to balance sheet winddown on December 1 Fed aims to keep markets with enough liquidity to maintain interest rate control Fed's Powell acknowledges Fed will soon have to expand ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it will stop shrinking its Treasury holdings beginning Dec. 1, ending a three-year long effort after stress signals in money markets intensified in recent days.

In a widely anticipated move, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday reduced its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to a target range of 3.75%-4.00% and announced a halt to the runoff of its ...

While the Fed's decision on interest rates might get the most headlines, another impactful decision by the central bank will be whether to end its program to shrink its balance sheet. The Fed has ...

(Reuters) -The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it is ending the drawdown of its $6.6 trillion balance sheet amid evidence money market liquidity conditions have begun tightening and bank reserve ...

(Reuters) -The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it is ending the drawdown of its still substantial balance sheet amid evidence money market liquidity conditions have begun tightening and bank reserve ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A sizable block trade in the U.S. rates market late last week appeared to be positioning ahead of the Federal Reserve’s expected announcement to finally end its long-running ...

Warning signs in crucial money markets have raised the prospect that the central bank will soon stop reducing its portfolio of government debt and mortgage bond holdings. By Joe Rennison and Colby ...

The Fed has been shrinking its pile of securities and Treasurys, but it still needs them to keep the economy’s plumbing in order. The end of an era in the financial system is near, and a new one is ...