U.S. may continue keeping monetary stimulus

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the US economy recover but the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas pedal, Fed said on Wednesday. A decision to scale back the US$85bil ...

Global equity and bond markets, especially in Japan, were spooked on Thursday post the US Federal Reserve's comments on the third round of bond buying programme, commonly known as quantitative easing (QE3). Adding to the woes was China HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index for May that fell to a seven-month low at 49.6. Japanese government bond prices dived and 10-year Japanese government bond (JGB) futures saw yields jump to as high as one per cent, its highest level since April 2012, prompting ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets slipped on Friday over worries the U.S. Federal Reserve may curb a stimulus program that has lifted stocks, while the dollar recovered against the euro after better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for April.

European stocks dropped on Thursday amid investor concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin to taper its stimulus measures and weaker-than-expected manufacturing data from China. UK's benchmark index FTSE 100 declined 143.48 points, or 2.10%, to end at ...

May 23: The markets wobbled worldwide after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke appeared to hint late Wednesday that the Fed might start slowing down bond purchases by September signalling the end of QE II the money-shovelling programme that it has adopted ...

Source: IRIS International (23-MAY-13) Comments | Post Comment U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in testimony Wednesday to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress that a ''premature tightening of monetary policy could lead interest ...

Equity markets ran red around the world Thursday, on concern the Federal Reserve's commitment to keeping its foot on the gas may be wavering and a lackluster economic data out of China and Europe. The selloff began in the U.S. Wednesday, when Ben ...

The FTSE 100 has plunged 106.9 to 6,733.4 after the US Federal Reserve signalled it could soon start winding up its stimulus programme. Minutes from the latest Fed meeting showed some officials were open to cutting back its asset purchase scheme as ...

A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets closed Thursday's trade nearly two percent down on reports that the US may reverse its monetary stimulus programme that spooked markets across the world. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's statement that US ...