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Fed promises to keep bond purchases going until recovery sees 'substantial progress'
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday promised to keep funneling cash into financial markets further into the future to fight the recession, even as policymakers’ outlook for next year improved following initial rollout of a coronavirus vaccine. Repeating a pledge to keep its benchmark overnight interest rate near zero until an economic recovery is complete, the U.S. central bank said it would also now tie its program of monthly government bond purchases to that same goal. Purchases would continue “until substantial further progress has been made toward the Committee’s maximum employment and price stability ... (full story)
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