- This updated article looks at the potential impact of the newly released QT schedule and subsequent market effects of four quantitative easing programs.
- On March 9th, 2022 the Federal Reserve conducted their final open market purchase effectively ending the Covid QE 4 program started in March 2020.
- On March 16th the Fed hiked rates 25bps, then 50bps on May 4th with plans to conduct at least 5 more rate hikes for 2022.
- On May 4th, the Fed announced their quantitative tightening (QT) schedule to reduce their $9 trillion balance sheet by nearly twice the rate of the last QT event in 2018.
- A major focus of this article is on the quantitative tightening period and how that may again impact markets in 2022.
For further details see:
The Fed Unveils The Largest QT Program In History: How The Markets May React