Fed says it will slow balance sheet runoff process
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that starting next month it will slow the pace of its balance sheet drawdown amid an ongoing impasse over lifting the government’s borrowing limit, a shift that will likely hold for the remainder of the process. The shift on the balance sheet had been hinted at in the meeting minutes for the January FOMC meeting, released last month. Fed Governor Christopher Waller, who has at times been at odds with his colleagues over the management of the central bank's stock of cash and bonds, dissented against the shift in the balance sheet drawdown.