In all of this, something feels very wrong. The whole world locked down, unprecedented escalation in government control, and a complete destruction of the social contract (money). Where are our strong leaders?
The Fed’s balance sheet has ballooned by $1.771T in the past 4 weeks, driven primarily by $1.111T in purchases of U.S. Treasury securities. Its total size of $6.083T is now $1.567T since the 2015 apex, and $2.323T since the trough in August.