Question:

How much did the US fed inject into the banking system in 2025? How about the last 3 years?

Scores:

openai: 8 gemini: 2 anthropic: 3 cohere: 9.5

Answer:

openai / gpt-4o-mini
Score: 8
As of now, there are no records or data available for the year 2025 since it is in the future. However, the U.S. Federal Reserve has engaged in various quantitative easing measures and liquidity injections into the banking system from 2020 to 2023 to stabilize the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic challenges. For example, in March 2020, the Fed announced an increase in asset purchases by approximately $700 billion. In 2021 and 2022, these measures included low-interest rates and ongoing purchasing programs, maintaining liquidity in the banking system. Specific amounts for each year vary, often reported in the context of total asset holdings, which were around $8 trillion by late 2022. For precise future forecasting, including 2025, consider following official Fed announcements and reports as they evolve.

Graders:

gemini / gemini-2.5-flash
Score: 2
The answer correctly states no data is available for 2025. However, for the 'last 3 years' (2021-2023), it contains significant inaccuracies and lacks specific amounts. The Fed ended asset purchases (Quantitative Easing) in March 2022 and began Quantitative Tightening (QT) in June 2022, meaning it was *withdrawing* liquidity from the banking system, not injecting it, for most of 2022 and all of 2023. Therefore, stating 'ongoing purchasing programs' for 2022 and 2023 is incorrect. The $8 trillion figure represents total asset holdings, not yearly injection amounts. Specific injection amounts for 2021 were approximately $1.44 trillion (through QE). For 2022, injections were about $360 billion (Jan-Mar), followed by significant withdrawals. 2023 saw net withdrawals, aside from specific emergency programs like BTFP.
anthropic / claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
Score: 3
The answer contains a critical error: it's written as if responding from a time before 2025, stating '2025 is in the future.' If the current date is in 2025, this is factually incorrect and confusing. The historical data about 2020-2022 is partially accurate (the Fed did announce $700 billion in Treasury and MBS purchases in March 2020, and balance sheet peaked around $9 trillion in 2022, not $8 trillion). However, the answer fails to address 2023 and 2024 data, which should be available if we're in 2025. It also doesn't clarify that the Fed began quantitative tightening in 2022, reducing its balance sheet significantly. The answer is incomplete for the 'last 3 years' part of the question, as it should cover 2022-2024 or 2023-2025 depending on interpretation. Most importantly, it provides no information about 2025 injections, which should be at least partially available.
cohere / command-r-plus-08-2024
Score: 9.5
The answer is factually accurate and provides a comprehensive overview of the U.S. Federal Reserve's actions during the specified period. It correctly states that data for 2025 is not available yet, as it is a future year. The response also mentions the Fed's quantitative easing measures, including the significant asset purchase in March 2020 and the subsequent low-interest rate environment and asset purchasing programs. The critique would be that it could be improved by providing more precise figures for the total asset holdings at the end of 2021 and 2023, offering a more detailed year-by-year breakdown. Additionally, while the answer is correct in stating that the Fed's actions aimed to stabilize the economy during the pandemic, it could be enhanced by briefly mentioning the specific economic challenges addressed, such as the potential for a liquidity crisis or the need to support economic recovery.
Scores are 0–10. The selected AI’s score is a self-rating.