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Fed sent $107.4 billion to Treasury in 2021

Published 01/14/2022, 12:07 PM
Updated 01/14/2022, 12:13 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington, U.S., March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis

(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve returned more to the U.S. Treasury in 2021 compared to the year before, as its balance sheet grew to a record level and it continued to nurse the economy through the COVID-19 pandemic.

In preliminary financial information, released on Friday, the central bank reported it earned $107.8 billion primarily on its asset holdings in 2021, up $19.3 billion from the year before. Of that total, it sent $107.4 billion to the Treasury. Last year remittances were $86.9 billion, the statement showed.

The Fed since March 2020 has been ballooning its holdings of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities to help lower long term rates as it battled the economic impact of the pandemic. The Fed's balance sheet has more than doubled from $4.1 trillion to more than $8.7 trillion over the past two years.

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don't understand where the Fed gets their trillions to buy bonds and even sent treasury $107B interest. Is it that simple to create money out of nothing?
Great question !! And : Yes. It is that simple when you are the richest, most powerful Nation that has EVER existed on this Planet.
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