Federal Reserve
Economics
The prospect of today's tapering announcement from the US Federal Reserve kept action in the FTSE 100 to a minimum in morning trading.
18 September 2013
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Investment
Managers have suggested growth stocks - many investors' favoured plays for a post-QE era - may struggle once the Fed slows its asset purchase programme.
17 September 2013
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Investment
Fixed income managers have taken profits on their short positions in US treasuries in the expectation this week could mark the start of a short-term rally.
17 September 2013
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Economics
The FTSE 100 has jumped almost 1% after former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers withdrew his candidacy to replace Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke next year.
16 September 2013
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Economics
Markets across Asia started the week brightly as traders bet the withdrawal of Fed chair candidate Larry Summers' could slow the US' curtailment of quantitative easing.
16 September 2013
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Economics
Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has withdrawn his candidacy to succeed Ben Bernanke as head of the US central bank, the Federal Reserve.
16 September 2013
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Global
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has named its top ten trades for this autumn as investors prepare for a tapering of QE in the US and a possible jump in interest rates.
12 September 2013
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