balance
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In a speech calling on the Fed to shrink its balance sheet, Miran said that the economic effects of balance-sheet reduction “can be offset with a lower federal-funds rate.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
The more plausible option, he said, would be that the Fed would focus on the liability side of its balance sheet — the $3 trillion in reserves that banks hold at the Fed.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Warsh will press his Fed colleagues to cut short-term rates to offset such a tightening of the balance sheet, said Joe Gagnon, a fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Warsh has been a vocal critic of the size of the central bank’s balance sheet, which has ballooned to over $6 trillion, up from under $1 trillion before the 2008 financial crisis.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
“I think we both know the answer to that,” he said, as dwarf arms grabbed the wolf’s cape from behind, yanking the animal off balance.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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"Mending Wall," by Robert Frost
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