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December 2025 marks the official end of the largest cycle of quantitative tightening the Federal Reserve has ever undertaken. From a peak of $8.93 trillion in June 2022, the Fed has allowed $2.4 ...

The Bank for International Settlements, the umbrella organisation of the world’s central banks, is warning that the rise in government debt and changes in the way it is being financed are creating ...

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The Federal Reserve will end its current round of quantitative tightening on December 1, signaling a potential shift toward quantitative easing. Since 2009, the Fed has managed monetary policy through ...

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