Thursday’s links

  1. Brainard says fighting inflation is Fed’s ‘most important task’ – FT
  2. U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose to Highest Since Mid-November – Bloomberg
  3. How Private Debt Helps Power the Global Economy – WSJ
  4. Fed’s hawkish comms blitz takes aim at skeptical market – Reuters
  5. From QE to QT: What to Know as the Fed Shrinks Its Balance Sheet – Barron’s
  6. Fed’s Latest Tool: A Standing Repo Facility – Liberty Street NY Fed (also on Recommended Articles tab)