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$900 billion coronavirus aid is unequivocally beneficial: Fed official

Last week the Fed, in its final meeting of 2020, promised to keep funneling cash into financial markets further into the future to fight the recession

US Federal Reserve keeps countercyclical capital buffer at zero

Federal Reserve Board voted to keep its countercyclical capital buffer at 0%, saying it would not order banks to hold additional capital to protect against losses in a future economic downturn

Indices' winning streak continues on US Fed stance; HDFC rises 2.9%

After touching its lifetime intra-day high of 46,992.57, the Sensex settled 223.88 points or 0.48 per cent up at 46,890.34 - its new closing record

Indices log record closing peaks for 4th day; Sensex up 224 pts at 46,890

Markets today: Heavyweights like HDFC, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank, and Reliance ended between 0.5 per cent and 3 per cent higher on the S&P BSE Sensex

Fed vows to maintain bond-buying until 'substantial progress' in recovery

It was the more incremental step of the options the Fed was weighing, taken as policymakers boosted their outlook for economic growth next year to 4.2 per cent from 4 per cent at the median

Fed extends pandemic-related dollar 'swap' lines for 9 other central banks

The ability to trade foreign currency for dollars at the US central bank is permanently available to the European Central Bank and a handful of other major central banks

US Fed joins international group of central banks in climate change fight

The US Federal Reserve has joined an international group of central banks focused on climate change risk, a signal that it could move to incorporate the impacts of global warming into regulatory writ

US Federal Reserve joins global club of peers in climate change fight

The Fed's membership in the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) comes after a yearlong collaboration, the Fed said

Macroeconomic data, US Fed decision to drive markets this week: Analysts

During the last week, the 30-share BSE benchmark index jumped 1,019.46 points or 2.26 per cent

Covid-19 resurgence poses challenges to economic recovery: Fed chief Powell

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the continuing Covid-19 resurgence across the country could pose challenges to the economic recovery in the next few months

Yellen tasked with America's economic comeback as Biden's treasury pick

In Yellen, Biden will have a battle-tested policy maker who can draw on her nearly two decades at the Fed to help rebuild an economy in dire need of government cash and confidence

Fed policymakers may give new bond-buying guidance 'fairly soon'

Most participants said the committee should move toward issuing forward guidance that links the pace and makeup of purchases to certain economic outcomes

Janet Yellen ending Trump dollar tumult promises cheers in markets

Yellen is seen returning clarity on the U.S. strong-dollar policy, stabilizing the $6.6-trillion-a-day currency market that's the backbone of global finance and commerce

President-elect Joe Biden taps ex-Fed chair Janet Yellen to lead treasury

Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department in a line stretching back to Alexander Hamilton in 1789

US Federal Reserve to return unused emergency lending funds to Treasury

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the central bank will return unused funds of the emergency Covid-19 lending facilities to the Treasury Department

Mnuchin's Fed funding clawback will not 'hamstring' new administration

Mnuchin told Fed Chair Powell in a letter that the $455 bn allocated to Treasury under the CARES Act last spring should be available for Congress to reallocate

Mnuchin halts Fed's emergency lending programs, limiting Biden amid Covid

The Treasury Department asked the Federal Reserve to return unused funds, downsizing the next secretary's ability to restart the economic support

US economy could shrink as coronavirus surges: Fed Reserve Bank Prez Kaplan

Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan said the economy could shrink this quarter as consumers in more states and cities pull back from economic activity amid the record coronavirus surge

Asia stocks ease from highs, bonds count on US Fed Reserve support

Japan reported record news cases as Tokyo raised its pandemic alert to the highest level, shoving the Nikkei down 0.8% and away from a 29-year closing top

US Senate blocks confirmation of Donald Trump's Federal Reserve nominee

Trump's Republican Party has a 53-47 majority in the current Senate, but several Republicans opposed Shelton's nomination and two were absent due to exposure to Covid-19