Fed Weighs Proposals for Eventual Reduction in Bond Holdings

Fed officials are beginning to map out how and when they will shrink their $8.76 trillion portfolio of Treasury and mortgage securities

Federal Reserve officials are beginning to map out how and when they could shrink their $8.76 trillion portfolio of Treasury and mortgage securities, which more than doubled amid efforts to stabilize the economy over the past two years.to wind down their bond-purchase stimulus program more quickly

amid growing concerns about high inflation, setting it on track to end in March. Officials began discussing at that meeting what should happen to the bondholdings after that point, and some are pushing to start shrinking them sooner and faster than they did after an earlier asset-purchase program.

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