Wall Street hits record highs as dovish Yellen defends QE
Janet Yellen has defended the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing programme in her first appearance before Congress.
Yellen (pictured), who is expected to be the first woman to lead the US central bank, took questions from the Senate banking committee ahead of her confirmation. The Federal Reserve's vice chair said...
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