Fed may only hint at tapering, no timeline likely: Mark Priest
Jun 19, 2013
Markets awaiting Federal Reserve's comments on QE tapering
Jun 18, 2013
Asianomics on the big QE debate
Jun 7, 2013
Fed to start reducing QE in September '13: AMP Capital
May 27, 2013
Rupee over-reacting to Fed plan, govt not short of actions: Raghuram Rajan
Thursday June 20, 2013
The rupee declined after the US Federal Reserve indicated a tapering of its monetary stimulus, and data showed China's factory activity weakened to a nine-month low in June.
Why rupee, Sensex have plunged on Fed's comments
Thursday June 20, 2013
The Indian rupee hit a record low of 59.94 on Thursday, while the BSE Sensex plunged over 400 points after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed that the Fed would begin reducing its stimulus spending later this year. Fed's overnight c...
Bernanke points to reduced Fed bond buying this year
Thursday June 20, 2013
US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday that the US central bank expects to slow the pace of its bond purchases later this year and bring them to a halt around the middle of 2014, comments that weighed on stocks and pushed bond yie...
World stocks, bonds drop as Bernanke points to reduced Fed bond buying
Thursday June 20, 2013
Bond prices and equities fell while the dollar rose on Wednesday after Ben Bernanke laid out a blueprint for how the Federal Reserve could wind down its bond purchase program.
What experts say on Fed's decision to stay bond buying
Thursday June 20, 2013
The US Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it would keep buying $85 billion in bonds per month and gave no explicit indication that it was close to scaling back the program, despite intense market speculation it could soon start drawing it to a cl...
US Federal Reserve stays bond buying at $85 billion a month
Wednesday June 19, 2013
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it would keep buying $85 billion in bonds per month and gave no explicit indication that it was close to scaling back the program, despite intense market speculation it could soon start drawing it to a close.
Wall Street ends sharply lower after Bernanke comments
Thursday June 20, 2013
Wall Street fell sharply on Wednesday, with losses accelerating in afternoon trading after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank could begin to scale back its stimulus measures later this year.
Ben Bernanke at today's Fed meeting: What you should watch for
Wednesday June 19, 2013
Chairman Ben Bernanke will be pressed to settle the wave of confusion and speculation that's consumed investors since he spoke to Congress last month about the Fed's drive to keep long-term interest rates at record lows.
Fed seen keeping options open on pace of bond buying
Wednesday June 19, 2013
Bernanke will likely take care to draw a bright line between the possibility of a slower pace of bond purchases, which would still add stimulus to the economy, and an actual tightening of monetary policy that would take it away.
Rupee recovers to 58.70, Fed action watched
Wednesday June 19, 2013
The rupee saw small recovery against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday rising to 58.70 against Tuesdays close of 58.77/78 per dollar. The Indian currency had earlier hit a low of 58.82 in opening trades.
World stocks firm, dollar slips against euro as markets await Fed
Tuesday June 18, 2013
US equities pushed higher on Tuesday as investors grew more confident that the Federal Reserve would temper its recent statements on the future reduction of US monetary support, while still pointing to economic improvement.
Wall Street rises before Fed meeting to consider stimulus
Tuesday June 18, 2013
Wall Street rose on Tuesday, led by growth-oriented sectors, as Federal Reserve policymakers gathered for a two-day meeting to discuss the future of the Fed's bond-buying to stimulate the economy.
Rupee falls 1.5 per cent to record closing low
Tuesday June 18, 2013
The rupee fell 1.5 per cent to a record closing low on Tuesday as traders worried that the country's current account deficit made the currency especially vulnerable to any scaling back of the US Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus.
Photoshop helps fuel extortion boom against Chinese officials
Dan Levin and Amy Qin, The New York Times | Tuesday June 18, 2013
The photograph usually arrives as an email attachment or the old-fashioned way, in an envelope with no return address. It is rarely a pretty picture.
Pentagon reveals 'indefinite detainees' list at Guantanamo Bay
Reuters | Tuesday June 18, 2013
The Pentagon has released the names of Guantanamo Bay's 46 "indefinite detainees," terror suspects considered too dangerous to transfer from the prison and who cannot be tried in court.
