Fed balance sheet tops $5 trillion for first time as it enters coronavirus war mode

The Fed#39;s total balance sheet size exploded by more than half a trillion dollars in a single week, roughly twice the pace of the next-largest weekly expansion in the financial crisis in October 2008. As of Wednesday, the Fed#39;s stash of assets totalled $5.3 trillion, according to data released on Thursday.

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