Gilt yields stagnant as Fed announces tapering

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Long term gilt yields remained largely unchanged following the US Federal Reserve's announcement that it would begin reducing its asset purchasing programme from January.

The Fed has decided to cut quantitative easing by $10bn to $75bn per month from the New Year, which could see the end of asset purchasing by the autumn if it keeps up this pace. Today's data sh...

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