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Fed draws criticism from abroad as emerging markets still reeling
The push-back came on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's last day on the job and two days after the U.S. central bank reduced the pace of its huge asset purchase program. The Fed made the move on Wednesday despite a bruising selloff in emerging markets that was prompted in part by the prospect of less U.S. monetary support.
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Fed inches closer to easing stimulus, but timing is unclear
The minutes of the central bank's Federal Open Market Committee meeting late last month, released Wednesday, showed hints that some committee members were more comfortable with easing back sooner rather than later on the Fed's program of purchasing $85 billion a month in government bonds and mortgage-backed securities.
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Dollar extends losses after Bernanke's dovish comments
Financial markets have recently sold off on concerns that the Fed may begin to scale back its $85 billion a month bond-buying programme as soon as September. But Bernanke's comments, which played down the strength of last week's June payrolls report, prompted investors to reassess the risk of an early end to the Fed's programme.
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Gold inches up on dollar after sharp slide
Spot gold rose 0.5 per cent to $1,232,66 an ounce by 0933 GMT, after a 4 per cent fall on Wednesday that took the metal to its lowest since August 2010 at $1,221.80.
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Why Chidambaram thinks US Fed chief Bernanke has been misunderstood
Mr Chidambaram said the Indian economy was not insulated from the rest of the world and the Fed's statements have had an impact across the globe but expressed bewilderment at the global reactions.
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World stocks, euro gain after Italy exit poll
World stock indexes rose and the euro leaped against the dollar on Monday as investors cheered exit poll results from Italy's weekend election that showed the pro-reform Democratic Party was in the lead. US Treasury yields also rose.
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Obama reappoints Bernanke as US Fed chief
Ben Bernanke, once a student of the Great Depression, is today a man who is being credited with avoiding another slide into a deep recession.
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Fed draws criticism from abroad as emerging markets still reeling
The push-back came on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's last day on the job and two days after the U.S. central bank reduced the pace of its huge asset purchase program. The Fed made the move on Wednesday despite a bruising selloff in emerging markets that was prompted in part by the prospect of less U.S. monetary support.
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Fed inches closer to easing stimulus, but timing is unclear
The minutes of the central bank's Federal Open Market Committee meeting late last month, released Wednesday, showed hints that some committee members were more comfortable with easing back sooner rather than later on the Fed's program of purchasing $85 billion a month in government bonds and mortgage-backed securities.
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Dollar extends losses after Bernanke's dovish comments
Financial markets have recently sold off on concerns that the Fed may begin to scale back its $85 billion a month bond-buying programme as soon as September. But Bernanke's comments, which played down the strength of last week's June payrolls report, prompted investors to reassess the risk of an early end to the Fed's programme.
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Gold inches up on dollar after sharp slide
Spot gold rose 0.5 per cent to $1,232,66 an ounce by 0933 GMT, after a 4 per cent fall on Wednesday that took the metal to its lowest since August 2010 at $1,221.80.
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Why Chidambaram thinks US Fed chief Bernanke has been misunderstood
Mr Chidambaram said the Indian economy was not insulated from the rest of the world and the Fed's statements have had an impact across the globe but expressed bewilderment at the global reactions.
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World stocks, euro gain after Italy exit poll
World stock indexes rose and the euro leaped against the dollar on Monday as investors cheered exit poll results from Italy's weekend election that showed the pro-reform Democratic Party was in the lead. US Treasury yields also rose.
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Obama reappoints Bernanke as US Fed chief
Ben Bernanke, once a student of the Great Depression, is today a man who is being credited with avoiding another slide into a deep recession.
