Topic: Interest Rates
European equities rally on upbeat Fed outlook
AFP Global Edition
Europe's main stock markets rose Wednesday, after bumper gains earlier in Asia, as investors welcomed the US Federal Reserve's upbeat economic outlook, analysts said. Asian markets were also spurred higher after the Bank of Japan held its key interest rate and raised the amount of cash available for ...
Fed's Bullard: Adjust quantitative easing
Reuters US Online Report Business News
St. CLOUD, Minnesota (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should shift quantitative easing policies based on the U.S. economy's evolution, in the same way those changes guide interest rate policy, a top Fed official said on Thursday. "The quantitative policy should be conducted in a manner analogous to interest rate ...
Kocherlakota: Fed must be careful on tightening timing
Reuters US Online Report Business News
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve must be especially careful when the time comes to raise interest rates because of its bloated balance sheet, Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota said on Tuesday. "Where we are right now is a rather extreme form of where we are at the end ...
Fed hikes bank loan rate in surprise move
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>The US Federal Reserve is raising the interest rate on emergency loans to banks, in a surprise move seen as the start of an exit strategy for radical measures to jolt the economy from recession.</p><p>After two consecutive ...
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