WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has said she wants to shrink the central bank’s US$4.5 trillion balance sheet in an “orderly and predictable way” that limits risks to the economy. The hurdles are high to getting that done.
The economic impact, the pace of the drawdown and its ultimate end point are all partly subject to forces beyond the Fed’s control.
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