Federal Reserve pulls trigger on QE3

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The Federal Reserve has unleashed a third round of quantitative easing to support the US economy following a wave of poor data and a weakening labour market.

The Federal Open Market Committee has agreed to an open-ended QE programme which will see it buy additional mortgage-backed securities at a rate of $40bn per month. The new purchases combined wi...

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