Insight - Tapering doesn’t mean tightening for central bank money printers


In the last week, the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) (pic) signalled it will start paring its massive bond-buying as soon as November and the Bank of England (BoE) hinted for the first time that it may raise interest rates this year.

GLOBAL monetary policy looks set to stay super easy well into 2022, even as central banks edge closer to dialling back their emergency support in the face of mounting inflation pressures.

In the last week, the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) signalled it will start paring its massive bond-buying as soon as November and the Bank of England (BoE) hinted for the first time that it may raise interest rates this year.

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