Qe Tapering

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  Fed Renews Zero Interest Rate Pledge, Restates Concern on Job Market

  The Federal Reserve on Wednesday renewed a pledge to keep interest rates near zero for a "considerable time" and repeated concerns over slack in the labour market, standing firm against calls to overhaul its policy statement.

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  Federal Reserve Suggests Lower End-point for Rate-hike Cycle

  The Federal Reserve on Wednesday hinted at a slightly faster pace of interest rates increases starting next year, but suggested rates in the long-run would be lower than it had indicated previously.

• US reports solid job growth as winter's grip loosens

  US employers maintained a solid pace of hiring for a second straight month in March - further evidence of resilience in an economy that had been held back by a brutally cold winter.

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  How will QE tapering affect the RBI's repo rate decision on 1st April?

  QE stands for "quantitative easing" and has become a popular tool by the US Federal Reserve since 2007 to introduce liquidity to help stimulate the markets. Liquidity in the markets means nothing more than the amount of currency in circulation. In the past, the Fed had resorted to standard monetary policy techniques to help stimulate the economy du...

• World markets steady after Federal Reserve policy ructions

  World markets steadied on Friday after a volatile run driven by speculation over shifts in US monetary policy, with stocks up slightly, Bunds flat and the euro at a two-week low against the dollar.

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  Federal Reserve head Yellen expected to stick to taper path: analysts

  Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen is expected to stick to the game plan when she chairs her first monetary policy meeting this week, further cutting back economic stimulus.

• US Fed says threshold high for changing taper plans

  While growth is likely to quicken this year, the threshold for changing course on stimulus withdrawal is "pretty high," said New York Fed President William Dudley during an event hosted by The Wall Street Journal.

• Chidambaram says will take steps for stability after Fed cuts stimulus

  The finance ministrys statement came after the Fed said it will cut its monthly bond purchases starting in February by $10 billion to $65 billion.

• Fed no less committed to stimulus after tapering: Bernanke

  The Federal Reserve is no less committed to highly accommodative policy now that it has trimmed its bond-buying stimulus, Ben Bernanke said on Friday in what could be his last speech as Fed chairman.

• Sensex falls 151 points, Fed taper seen weighing on FII flows

  Overseas investors are net buyers of more than $18 billion worth of shares so far this year, the biggest in emerging Asia, according to Deutsche Bank data earlier this month, which also makes the country vulnerable to potential selling.

• India better prepared to deal with Fed tapering: Chidambaram

  Chidambaram also spoke to Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday morning to discuss the Fed tapering, the statement added.

• Sensex, Nifty set to join global rally on Fed's dovish guidance

  The Fed said it would reduce its monthly asset purchases by $10 billion to $75 billion, but it also indicated that its key interest rate would stay at rock bottom even longer than previously promised.

• Fed begins QE taper: Will Indian stocks come under pressure?

  Stock markets across the globe fell sharply over the last few months at the slightest mention of a taper in the US. On Wednesday, when the US Federal Reserve actually announced a reduction in bond purchases by $10 billion, the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 benchmarks in the US closed at record highs.

• Federal Reserve tapers by $10 billion: what experts say

  The Federal Reserve started its long-awaited reduction in stimulus, cutting its monthly purchases to $75 billion a month, saying it expects to keep reducing asset buys in "measured steps" if economic figures continue to improve.

• Better prepared to deal with Fed tapering: Mayaram

  India is also talking with JP Morgan and others to gain entry to benchmark indexes for emerging market debt in hopes of attracting billions of dollars in investment that could act as an insurance against any external shock.