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Warsh’s High-Stakes Blueprint: Trimming the Fed’s $6.6 Trillion Asset Mountain
President Trump’s Federal Reserve Chair nominee, Kevin Warsh, faces a historic challenge in dismantling a $6.6 trillion balance sheet without triggering a market meltdown.
Wall Street analysts describe the mission as both costly and time-consuming, requiring a surgical balance between aggressive reduction and economic stability.
As a long-time critic of Quantitative Easing, Warsh advocates for a leaner Federal Reserve through a strategy that prioritizes active asset sales over simple passive runoff.
His framework involves lowering short-term rates while allowing long-term yields to reflect market reality, alongside regulatory reforms aimed at reducing bank reserve requirements to facilitate a smaller central bank footprint.
However, the path is fraught with risk. Strategists warn that shrinking the "bloated" balance sheet too abruptly could spike mortgage rates and tighten credit for "Main Street."
Furthermore, any friction between Warsh’s hawkish stance and the administration's preference for lower rates could ignite significant volatility within the $30 trillion Treasury market.
As his confirmation nears, the global financial system remains on edge to see if this Wall Street veteran can successfully pivot the Fed toward a new era of fiscal discipline.