Tags: Bond Buying

ECB's loans offer clues in quantitative easing guessing game

The guessing game over the timing of euro zone money printing will intensify as the European Central Bank unveils a closely watched gauge of policy in the coming week, the highlight of a calendar dominated by Europe's malaise.


Fed's Kocherlakota defends dissent, cites drop in inflation outlook

The lone Federal Reserve policymaker to dissent against the U.S. central bank's decision this week to end its bond-buying stimulus said Friday that the Fed was risking its credibility by failing to take action against a worrisome drop in inflation.

Dollar surges as Fed ends QE on hawkish note

The dollar surged to a three-week high, bond yields rose and gold fell on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve ended its six-year quantitative easing bond-buying program.

Fed surprises markets, ceases from reducing stimulus

The US Federal Reserve surprised markets last Wednesday after it announced that it would continue its monthly bond buying at USD85 billion for now.


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The Federal Reserve gave no indication that it intends to reduce its bond purchases, at least for now.
Fed's reduced bond buying threat resulted in fund withdrawals from several investors. After the Federal Reserve announced that it may slow down the pace of its asset purchases this year, several investors reacted by withdrawing their investments in mutual funds.
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