Between February 27 and March 6, the Federal Reserve's balance sheet increased by $18.2 billion. The overall size of the balance sheet reached $3.2 trillion.
Additional detail:
- Treasuries increased by $12.2 billion.
- Central bank liquidity swaps increased by $4.1 billion.
- According to the New York Fedâ??s tentative outright Treasury operation schedule, the Desk plans to purchase approximately $45 billion in Treasury securities over the month of March.