Between January 30 and February 6, the Federal Reserve's balance sheet increased by $5.7 billion. The overall size of the balance sheet was essentially unchanged at $3.1 trillion.
Additional detail:
- Treasuries increased by $7.1 billion.
- Central bank liquidity swaps decreased by $2.8 billion. Since mid-August 2012, decrease use of swap lines by foreign central banks has caused the balance sheet to contract by $25 billion.
- According to the New York Fed's tentative outright Treasury operation schedule, the desk plans to purchase approximately $44 billion in Treasury securities over the month of February. This amount is approximately $1 billion less than the stated pace of $45 billion per month, given that purchases conducted in January exceeded the target by approximately $1 billion.