Markets Start to Ponder the $13 Trillion Gorilla in the Room

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Markets Start to Ponder the $13 Trillion Gorilla in the Room

April 24, 2017, 12:24 PM

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-19/markets-start-to-ponder-the-13-trillion-gorilla-in-the-room

Markets Start to Ponder the $13 Trillion Gorilla in the Room
by Enda Curran,Liz McCormick and Eric Lam
April 19, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT April 19, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT
Fed officials discuss when to start reducing asset holdings

If global economy continues to improve ECB and BOJ may be next After heading into the uncharted territory of quantitative easing, the world?s central banks are starting to plan their course through the uncharted waters of quantitative tightening.
How the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and -- eventually -- the Bank of Japan handle the transition could make the difference between a global rerun of the 2013 "taper tantrum," or the near undetectable market response to China?s run-down of U.S. Treasuries in recent years. Combined, the balance sheets of the three now total about $13 trillion, equating to greater than either China?s or the euro region?s economy...

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