As the size of the balance sheet and the quantity of excess reserves in the system  4  Detailed information about the Federal Reserve's balance sheet is published weekly as part of the H.4.1 release. For a summary of Fed lending programs, see Forms of Federal Reserve Lending to Financial Institutions.
6  BIS Review 3/2009  decline, the Federal Reserve will be able to return to its traditional means of making monetary policy – namely, by setting a target for the federal funds rate.