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Fed Minutes Reveal Discussions About Accelerated Balance Sheet Reduction

Members of the Federal Reserve are preparing to begin reducing the size of the central bank's balance sheet soon after raising interest rates, the minutes of the latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting revealed.

The minutes of the December 14-15 meeting, released on Wednesday, showed participants had initial discussions about the appropriate conditions and timing for reducing the Fed's approximately $8.8 trillion portfolio of Treasury and mortgage securities.

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