Fed Reserve bond buying rallies markets

Global stocks, bonds and currencies took a wild ride yesterday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the US central bank’s massive bond-buying programme would remain in place, even as the Fed considers cutting back stimulus in coming months.





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