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Analyst Warns Of Stock Market Risk Despite Fed’s Rate Hike Pause: Focus On This Policy Move

August 11, 2023

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The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet reduction continues to threaten the stock market, despite nearing the end of its rate hikes, Business Insider reports.

Ned Davis Research emphasized in a note on Thursday that the Fed’s quantitative tightening could impact stock prices and other risk assets.

Since June 2022, the Fed has decreased its balance sheet by $900 billion to $7.6 trillion. This reduction was despite the Fed’s $400 billion liquidity injection to manage the regional banking crisis in March.

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