The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that starting next month it will slow the pace of its balance sheet drawdown amid an ongoing impasse over lifting the government’s borrowing limit, a shift that ...

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Friday said he opposed the U.S. central bank's decision this week to slow the ...

Slowing the pace of the balance-sheet runoff reduces the risk that ... help ensure a smooth transition to the appropriate level of securities holdings needed to implement monetary policy ...

In practice, however, only about $15 billion of mortgage-backed securities are running off the balance sheet, economists said. Last year, the Fed slowed its pace of asset purchases.

The Federal Reserve’s policy committee announced it would slow the pace of reducing its balance sheet starting in April ... slow the pace of decline of its securities holdings,” the statement ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve could continue shedding mortgage-backed securities even once it stops shrinking its balance sheet. During its meeting Wednesday afternoon, the Federal Open Market ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve said it will start shrinking its balance sheet at a slower pace starting next month, reducing the amount of bond holdings it lets roll off every month.

The shift on the balance sheet had been hinted at in the meeting ... The mortgage-backed securities cap will hold steady at the current $35 billion limit. Ahead of the Fed meeting, a number ...