One Thing You Must Watch in the Federal Reserve's May Statement

Forget interest rates, focus on the balance sheet.
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Forget interest rates.

Keep an eye out for references to the Federal Reserve's $4.5 trillion balance sheet in its May statement on Wednesday. Scott Clemons, chief investment strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman expects the Fed to mention the balance sheet in its commentary, as investors are starting to wonder how the central bank is going to unwind some of its assets.