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Balance Sheet Normalization Announced

United States of America · Economy / Federal Reserve. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2017

Janet Louise Yellen20 September 2017

Washington · Economy / Federal Reserve

The Federal Open Market Committee announces that its balance-sheet normalization program will begin in October, allowing increasing amounts of maturing Treasury and agency securities to run off rather than be fully reinvested.

Names involved

Janet Louise Yellen

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