Return to QE on the table


SAN FRANCISCO: Bond-fund managers are starting to whisper about the prospect of more Federal Reserve quantitative easing (QE) to fight the next US downturn, underscoring just how acute concerns over flagging global growth have become less than three months after the central bank last raised interest rates.

Gene Tannuzzo at Columbia Threadneedle says the likelihood the Fed resumes bond buying in 2020 is increasing as a rising tide of risks prompt monetary officials the world over to pivot toward more accommodative policy.

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