The Federal Reserve in September signaled that it plans to begin unwinding, or tapering, its nearly $8 trillion portfolio of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and Treasury holdings as early as November ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan is considering slowing the pace of tapering in its bond purchases from next fiscal year onward, said four sources familiar with its thinking, a move that would ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan should pick up the pace of tapering government bond purchases as the possibility of a pause in interest rate hikes will give the central bank more wiggle room to ...

Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan said Wednesday he expects to advocate that the Fed announce a plan to slow down its $120 billion per month of asset purchases “sooner rather than later,” despite the ...

While it’s hard to deny that the housing recovery is gaining momentum, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is not convinced federal fiscal policies are a mere tailwind from the past. For now, the ...