Fed plans October start for 'gigantic' balance sheet reduction

Yellen hopes unwinding will be like 'watching paint dry'

Natalie Kenway
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The Federal Reserve is to start paring back its multi-trillion dollar balance sheet next month, in an historic move that will see the unwinding of the quantitative easing programme launched amid the 2008 global financial crisis.

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