Bank of Singapore: Could Fed balance sheet tightening trigger another “taper tantrum”?

2 February 2017 | 3 minutes read

By focusing excessively on the rate path, markets have overlooked balance sheet tightening and the risk of a repeat of the “taper tantrum” scenario of mid-2013, according to Bank of Singapore. How to absorb US$2.5 trillion of debt in a decade The pre-crisis balance sheet of the Federal Reserve stood at US$800 billion and has since ballooned to US$4.5 trillion…

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