Historical chart of the total face value of U.S. Treasury securities held by the Federal Reserve

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   Râu Cao ⚡ (raucao@kosmos.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 20:40:31 JST Râu Cao ⚡

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   @lain That's because the Fed's money printer has been going *brrrr* so hard that even petrodollar recycling isn't tipping the scales that much anymore.

   The Fed's balance sheet went from ~500 billion USD worth of U.S. Treasuries in 2008 to ~4.5 trillion USD today, and COVID printing more than doubled the amount they owned in 2020.