taper talk

Don’t fear the taper: Fed to dominate treasury market for years

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By Liz Capo McCormick and Rich Miller Treasury investors fretting about when the Federal Reserve will scale back its bond purchases may be missing the bigger picture: Its more than $5 trillion stockpile will make it a major force for years to come. The prospect of a pullback in buying edged a little nearer Wednesday … Read more

Fed minutes show taper talk may arise at ‘upcoming meets’

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By Catarina Saraiva Federal Reserve officials were cautiously optimistic about the US economic recovery at the central bank’s April meeting, with some officials signaling they’d be open to discussing scaling back the central bank’s massive bond purchases “at some point.” “A number of participants suggested that if the economy continued to make rapid progress toward … Read more