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  • Stocks slump as Federal Reserve hints at reducing cash infusions

    US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said at a Wednesday press conference that the US central bank would consider reducing its $85 billion-per-month asset purchasing program later this year, based on an improved outlook for the US economy.The announcement sparked a sell-off on US stock and bond markets, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing down by 206 points, or 1.35 percent. Yields ...

  • Wall Street drops on Fed news

    Equities have been closely tethered to ultra-loose monetary policy, which has been key to the S&P's climb of more than 14 percent so far this year. Benchmark 10-year US bond yields jumped to a 15-month high on expectations the Fed will reduce its bond ...

  • Fed not to lead global financial markets into panic S. Korea

    US Federal Reserve is not expected to drive global financial markets into panic with its exit from quantitative easing, South Korea's senior economic policymaker said Thursday."(The US exit) will not go so far as to drive markets into panic. Bernanke just explained the stages of exit from quantitative easing," Vice Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho told foreign correspondents.Choo ...

  • China short-term interbank rates hit recordreport

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Borrowing costs in China's interbank money markets surged on Thursday, with the rates on the overnight and seven-day repurchase agreements jumping to record highs, Reuters reported. The rate on the benchmark weighted-average seven-day repurchase, or repo, soared 3.80 percentage points to a record high of 12.06%, while the rate on the overnight repo rate spiked ...

  • Indias NTPC scraps bond sale after sell-off in government bonds - sources

    MUMBAI, June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:29am EDT MUMBAI, June 20 (Reuters) - NTPC Ltd, India's largest power producer, scrapped its bond sale scheduled for Thursday after a sell-off in government bonds caused worries about the pricing of its debt, four sources with direct knowledge of the bond sale said. The firm was planning to raise up to 10 billion rupees through an issue of dual ...

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John Waters has to be one of the oddest auteurs in the history of American cinema. Here is a man with an undeniably gifted, uncanny sense of humor and a reckless streak that has redefined what can be shown on-screen, who has spent his entire career offending as many people as he possibly can. Quite often, his offensive work has also been brilliant satire. And, even when it isn't on that level, it' ... ...

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  • RPT-GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia assets hammered on China fears Fed upset

    Thu Jun 20, 2013 1:59am EDT * MSCI Asia ex-Japan slides 3.5 pct to 9-month low * U.S. Treasury yields hit 15-mth high, underpin dollar * China "flash" HSBC PMI hits 9-month lows * Asian credit market spreads widen 23 points By Chikako Mogi and Wayne Cole TOKYO/SYDNEY, June 20 (Reuters) - Asian markets buckled badly on Thursday after the Federal Reserve heralded an eventual end to free ...

  • Equities slump on impending Fed taper expectations

    acknowledgement of improved US economy from the Fed statement and less dovish than expected Bernanke press conference sent Treasury yields and US dollar sharply higher at the expense of stocks, metals, and high-beta FX. Bourses in China are once again feeling the most pain, ...

  • Global Markets Feel the Fed Sting

    Equity, bond and commodity markets sold off sharply in Asia on Thursday, picking up the baton from the sharp falls on Wall Street, after the U.S. Federal Reserve suggested it could start to unwind its monetary stimulus program later this year. News that the flash HSBC China Purchasing Managers' Index, a gauge of manufacturing activity, hit ...

  • Rupee hits lifetime low of 59.94 in early trade bonds stocks slump

    foreign capital inflows to fund its current account deficit. Market were also hit by data showing China's factory activity weakened to a nine-month low in June. The rupee fell to a record low of 59.9350 to the dollar, breaching past its all-time low of 58.98 on June 11. The rupee was trading at 59.82/81, down from its 58.71/72 close on ...

  • Federal Reserve boosts outlook as U.S. recovery picks up speed

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks on television, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Jin ...

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