US Treasury’s Bessent: No one understands Fed's balance sheet

Source Fxstreet

United States (US) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that he would, going forward, press for the Fed's Board of Governors in Washington to veto appointments of candidates who have not satisfied that threshold at the New York Times DealBook Summit on Wednesday.

Key quotes

Fed chair has room to start discussion on policy but has one vote.

No one understands Fed's balance sheet function.

Regional Fed banks don't necessarily represent their districts.

Going to start advocating that Fed bank presidents should have lived in their districts for at least 3 years.

I am advocating that Fed regional bank presidents must have lived in their districts for three years.”

US Dollar Price Today

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Canadian Dollar.

USD EUR GBP JPY CAD AUD NZD CHF
USD -0.33% -0.90% -0.39% -0.22% -0.50% -0.46% -0.30%
EUR 0.33% -0.57% -0.09% 0.11% -0.17% -0.16% 0.02%
GBP 0.90% 0.57% 0.50% 0.69% 0.40% 0.41% 0.60%
JPY 0.39% 0.09% -0.50% 0.18% -0.11% -0.08% 0.09%
CAD 0.22% -0.11% -0.69% -0.18% -0.28% -0.27% -0.08%
AUD 0.50% 0.17% -0.40% 0.11% 0.28% 0.01% 0.20%
NZD 0.46% 0.16% -0.41% 0.08% 0.27% -0.01% 0.19%
CHF 0.30% -0.02% -0.60% -0.09% 0.08% -0.20% -0.19%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

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