Fed Adds $329 Billion in Treasury Bills as Reserves Hold Near $3 Trillion
The Fed held $524.9 billion of Treasury bills on August 5, up $329.4 billion since balance sheet runoff ended, while reserve balances stalled near $3 trillion.
Mitch Strohm
Mitch Strohm is the Managing Editor of PrimeRates.com and a writer, editor and digital marketer based out of Nashville, TN. Working in the industry for well over a decade, he has been the manager editor for several financial sites and has been featured in publications including Business Insider, Bankrate, The Motley Fool and Yahoo Finance.
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