The "Taper" Caper Some may suggest that the recent stock market volatility has been driven by the prospect of the Federal Reserve diminishing the scale of its present bond purchase program. If the Fed were to ?taper? their purchasing, presumably this would lead to higher interest rates. The chief U.S. strategist of Deutsche Bank, David Bianco, penned a note earlier in the year entitled ?Don?t Fear Interest Rate ...
June 12, 2013 - Forbes
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