Guidelines passed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Accounting Standards Board now have stricter definitions than those of the past for allowable off-balance sheet arrangements.

The Federal Reserve’s decision to dramatically decelerate the pace of its balance sheet drawdown last month garnered broad ...

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 ...

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 ...

Federal Reserve policymakers voted unanimously to keep interest rates steady Wednesday, but not all agreed on the pace of balance sheet reduction ... pace of decline in securities holdings ...