Lower for even longer as Fed holds fire on interest rates
US rates will be on hold until at least 2023, according to the Federal Reserve's new forecasts
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US unemployment claims rise above 1m as Covid recovery falters
The number of jobless claims had fallen in the prior two weeks, dipping most recently below one million to 971,000
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Record run on Wall Street sets alarm bells ringing
Investors warned US stocks “cannot defy economic gravity indefinitely” after the wave of central bank stimulus triggers market turnaround
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Gold will have its glory day, but don't jump the gun
Central banks bought a net 656 metric tonnes of gold in 2018 and another 650 tonnes in 2019, the highest levels in fifty years
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Why is the Federal Reserve lending money to Apple?
The world’s most powerful central bank is buying the bonds of some enormous businesses
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Wall Street sinks as 10-week boom comes crashing down on 'second wave' fears
The gravity-defying run for stock markets since late March comes to an abrupt end, with oil prices also skidding lower
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Why Wall Street is addicted to Federal Reserve cash
Stock markets have become dependent on stimulus measures being used by central banks including the Fed to battle the economic slump
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Pandemic is defining duel of conflicting economic models
Experts divided over economy's post-virus recovery as some fear stimulus will trigger double-digit inflation
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Central banks need a path to end virus spree, says grandee
Central banks have massively expanded their balance sheets to fight the Covid-19 crisis
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Are central banks trapped by the trillions they have used to prop up the economy?
Will the Fed be able to put the squeeze on Covid cash?
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Fed offers $2.3 trillion of loans as millions more Americans lose jobs
Job losses mount for third week as the Federal Reserve announces details of a lending scheme to support small business
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Germany unveils €750bn rescue package
Europe's biggest economy abandons its balanced budget commitment and Federal Reserve takes further steps to shore up the US
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Chancellor Sunak Rishi to provide businesses a lifeline
The announcement of the major bail-out scheme and extra measures comes after Wall Street crashed on Monday night
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Federal Reserve slashes rates to near-zero and revives QE in drastic action
US central banks makes second emergency cut to interest rates in less than a week and restarts quantitative easing
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Trump’s gamble on Wall Street virility could cost him the White House
Only one sitting president in the past 100 years has been re-elected in a recession
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Fed slashes interest rates to battle coronavirus threat to the US economy
The Bank of England could follow suit - but only after next week's Budget
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US Fed wades in after $6 trillion rout on global stock markets
US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell pledges to support America’s economy if coronavirus continues to wreak havoc
