The beginning of the end is here.
The widely-anticipated taper of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Quantitative Easing program or QE3 will finally begin early next year, the US Fed announced today at the conclusion of the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.
U.S. Federal Reserve to continue QE
The United States Federal Reserve (Fed) announced it will indefinitely continue with its Quantitative Easing program, pressing on with its $85 billion monthly bond purchases as a way of extending stimulus to a still fragile US economy.
Federal Reserve defers QE3 tapering to 2014
Philippine stocks are most probably gearing for a rally today following the announcement of the U.S. Federal Reserve that it will not end its Quantitative Easing program.
Earlier today, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the Fed will continue with its bond-buying program because current market conditions “are still far from what all of us would like to see”.
Will the Fed cut interest rate again?
This week, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) will speak and the market will listen.
After sifting through mixed corporate profit reports and uneven readings on the economy, Wall Street — and other stock markets around the world — will find out the answer to the long-debated question of whether another interest rate cut is in the offing.
The Fed, which meets Tuesday (October 30) and Wednesday (October 31), is in a bind. The credit markets remain squeezed, but energy and food costs are soaring and the dollar is tumbling. Controlling inflation and preserving market liquidity is one the central bank has always tried to balance, but the situation now has never been as precarious as before.