HONG KONG: A decade after the guardians of the world economy united to save it from depression, the scope for such shock-and-awe policies has all but dried up.
It was 10 years ago on Monday that the Federal Reserve and five fellow central banks banded together for a rare coordinated interest rate cut. They went on to deploy massive monetary stimulus as the global economy spiralled lower.
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