The US Federal Reserve reduced its monthly asset purchases by another $10bn to $65bn on Wednesday as it shrugged off emerging market turmoil at chairman Ben Bernanke’s final meeting.
Its decision – without any acknowledgment of the volatility that has hit emerging markets – offers no respite to countries such as Turkey and South Africa that have raised interest rates in an effort to stabilise their currencies.
US equities extended losses after the central bank announced the further reduction in its monthly bond purchases.
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