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Federal Reserve Profits and Losses

I know it's all a big accounting scam, but they usually try to pretend like the assets and liabilities make sense.

I remember seeing this article back in January from AEI: https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Fed-losses-and-monetary-policy-Jan-31_2024-WP.pdf?x91208

> The Fed System and the majority of Reserve Banks are technically insolvent on a GAAP basis. Fed officials claim that the Fed’s losses and negative GAAP capital do not compromise its ability to conduct monetary policy because the Fed can create money to cover its losses, however large the losses may become. 

So, I guess they're taking these enormous losses now, while the money supply shrinks and later they'll create a ton of money to cover their losses.