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calculatedriskblog.com - 12/19/2008

Federal Reserve Assets

— calculatedriskblog.com — Here is another look at the Fed's balance sheet ( released today ). As a reminder, Dallas... Fed President Richard Fisher commented in early November that he expected the Fed assets to grow to $3 trillion by the end of this year. "I would not be ... (more) Federal Reserve Assets

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