{"id":4822,"date":"2023-01-15T03:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T03:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/?p=4822"},"modified":"2023-01-12T17:11:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T17:11:30","slug":"the-federal-reserve-balance-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/?p=4822","title":{"rendered":"The Federal Reserve Balance Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The US Central Bank (The Fed) is shrinking its balance sheet, it is reversing the QE programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Peak: <strong>$8.965487 Trillion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FedBS-Peak2022.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FedBS-Peak2022-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FedBS-Peak2022-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FedBS-Peak2022-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FedBS-Peak2022-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FedBS-Peak2022-624x351.png 624w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FedBS-Peak2022.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Courtesy of the The United States Federal Reserve<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Current Size: <strong>$8.507429 Trillion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Fed2023BS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Fed2023BS-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Fed2023BS-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Fed2023BS-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Fed2023BS-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Fed2023BS-624x351.png 624w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Fed2023BS.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/monetarypolicy\/bst_recenttrends.htm\">Federal Reserve Board &#8211; Recent balance sheet trends<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE: US Fed Chair Jerome Powell Speaks At Symposium On Central Bank Independence\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LIdKncMp_AU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Central Bank (The Fed) is shrinking its balance sheet, it is reversing the QE programme. The Peak: $8.965487 Trillion The Current Size: $8.507429 Trillion Federal Reserve Board &#8211; Recent balance sheet trends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4825,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822\/revisions\/4825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}