Sentences with phrase «tapering of bond purchases»

They're not taking stands on QEternity (Quantitative Easing 1, 2, 3, etc.) or tapering of bond purchases.

Periodic reversals in the relationship include the «taper tantrum» of 2013, when both equities and bonds sold off in response to Federal Reserve hints about a tapering of its bond purchases.

But in the absence of any suggestion that the currency's appreciation would delay a tapering of bond purchases, the single currency's rally — which by the end of August had taken it above US$ 1.20 for the first time since the start of 2015 — resumed, following a brief pause in the run - up to the ECB meeting.

We think the speculation about a potential future tightening of monetary policy by the ECB — whether in the form of a tapering of bond purchases or a rise in interest rates — has moved too far ahead of the economic and political realities within the eurozone.

Since the BOJ already owns close to half of all outstanding Japanese government bonds of a 10 - year maturity and below, its move was viewed by some market participants as, in effect, a tacit admission the BOJ had reached the limit for QE and possibly the first stage of a taper of its bond purchases.

Not exact matches

But with the Federal Reserve tapering its purchases of bonds and signaling that it could soon begin to tighten monetary policy, more and more experts have been declaring an end to the bull market.

A cloud of uncertainty had settled over markets after Fed chairman Ben Bernanke first mentioned the possibility of tapering the Fed's monthly bond purchases during congressional testimony on May 22.

The Fed has cut $ 10 million from its monthly bond purchases, which fall to $ 75 billion, but said further tapering depended on the strength of the economy, particularly job creation.

While I don't presume to read traders» (or trading computers») minds (see Barry ritholtz» note this morning about ex post facto rationalizations), generally speaking there is concern that the «taper» of long term bond purchases will cause bond yields (the percent of interest paid on them) to rise.

Type 3: The value - at - risk (VAR) shock in Japan in 2003 occurred when fears spread that the Bank of Japan, which was already doing QE before it was called QE, would taper its purchases of Japanese Government Bonds.

Investors have had a long time to digest the taper news: Their reaction to the Fed actually shrinking the size of its bond purchases is likely to be smaller than their reaction in anticipation of such a move.

The effects of the Fed's potential tapering of its $ 85 billion in monthly bond purchases are showing in global markets.

H.L.: The stock market, hedge fund managers, banks, and investors were all aflutter about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments about possibly tapering off on its monthly purchase of $ 85 billion worth of Treasury bonds and mortgage - backed securities.

The fact that the 10 - year is trading closer to 3 percent is probably due to continued large purchases of Treasury bonds by the Fed, which are going to taper off.

The US dollar looks to be on target for its best weekly performance against the Japanese yen since early June, despite yesterday's slip on the back of concerns for the stability of the US economy with the potential tapering of the Federal Reserve's $ 85 billion a month bond purchasing program once again coming to the forefront of investors minds.

Marilyn Watson, head of Global Fundamental Fixed Income Strategy at BlackRock predicts: «Given the currency bloc's improving fundamental backdrop and recent impressive data releases, particularly in Germany, not to mention the shortage of supply of bonds to buy, we believe that the ECB will fully taper its asset purchase programme by the end of 2018.»

But our view is that the start of any tapering of the ECB's bond purchases is likely to be delayed until 2018, and would perhaps be more gradually implemented than is widely expected, until policymakers can be more confident that inflation will return and remain close to their target of around 2 %.

The eurozone's lack of organic growth and its reliance on continued central bank stimulus likely increased market sensitivity to a report claiming the ECB might be considering tapering its $ 80 billion monthly purchases of bonds, though the claim was quickly dismissed by the ECB.

As the financial condition improved and the economy showed signs of a recovery, the Fed decided to taper its bond purchase before winding it down completely.

In particular, the U.S. Federal Reserve has already started to «taper» its massive purchases of mortgages and bonds and is expected to end them outright later this year.

The policy setting wing of the Fed (Federal Open Market Committee) has already enacted «tapering» — or reduction — of QE bond purchases.

The taper of the Fed's bond purchases is on course to end in October or November.

Between the slow drawn - out economic recovery and heightened expectations surrounding the timing of the Fed's tapering of its asset purchases, bond market yields have risen significantly.

As the economy and job markets improve, the FED has said it would start to taper, then completely end their purchasing of mortgage bonds.

During October, Freddie Mac reported that the Federal Reserve would not be tapering its bond purchases for the remainder of 2013.