With inflation hotter than it expected, the Fed is trying to slow the pace at which it’s falling further behind.

It’s a crazy situation the Fed backed into as tsunami of liquidity goes haywire, banking system strains under $4 trillion in reserves, and General Treasury Account gets drawn down.

This is the first time I’ve seen Wall Street banks clamor for the Fed to back off QE. The Fed struggles to keep the liquidity it created from going haywire.