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Fed Move Ends the Short Era of Global Quantitative Tightening

  • Fed said Wednesday it would stop shrinking its balance sheet
  • Quantiative tightening by major central banks began in October

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The Federal Reserve’s decision to stop shrinking its balance sheet from Thursday means the era of quantitative tightening by major central banks is over less than a year after it started.