Yen firm versus Greenback as Fed scales back

Source: Reuters
The Japanese Yen held steady on Thursday against its U.S. counterpart after dropping in the previous session as investors started purchasing the currency as safe-haven and after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced it will scale back its stimulus measures. The Yen gained versus the U.S. Dollar to a level of 102.13 yen after falling 0.7% in the prior session.

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Thu, 30 Jan 2014 08:53:06 GMT

Fed scales back further after 2-day policy meeting

The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday it will reduce its massive bond purchases further as originally expected after the economy showed some favourable results, the Fed published in a statement from its two-day policy meeting yesterday. Fed reduces the stimulus by $10 billion a month totaling $65 billion of bond purchases a month.

Thu, 30 Jan 2014 08:29:09 GMT

Wall Street shares drop as Fed scales back

U.S. shares closed lower on Wednesday trading session with the benchmark stock indexes reaching the session low after falling by more than 1% as the U.S. Federal Reserve trimmed its bond purchases despite the fact that emerging markets are struggling. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 1.19% to 15,738.79, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 1.02% to 1,774.20 and

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