Federal Reserve pulls trigger on QE3
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 with the...
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Malcolm Mclean says getting the channels of communication right and engaging more openly is a good starting point