Fed's Schmid says Fed balance sheet still depressing yields
BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 02:23 PM ESTBy Michael S. Derby
NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Jeff Schmid said Thursday the size of the central bank's balance sheet is still putting downward pressure on market borrowing costs.
"People think long rates are too high," Schmid said in response to audience questions after a speech. But wherever yields are now, "those rates are probably somewhere between 50 and 100 basis points lower" than they would otherwise be "because of our position in that balance sheet today. So it's still an influence" on financial markets, he said. (Reporting by Michael S. Derby;)