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December 2025 marks the official end of the largest cycle of quantitative tightening the Federal Reserve has ever undertaken. From a peak of $8.93 trillion in June 2022, the Fed has allowed $2.4 ...

Listening to Ben Bernanke announcing the Fed’s decision to buy mortgage-backed bonds until hell freezes over, I’m reminded of a British cartoon character called Billy Bunter. Bunter was a portly ...

Federal Reserve restarts quantitative easing: December 2025 quietly marked a major turning point for US monetary policy. After more than three years of quantitative tightening, the Federal Reserve has ...