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Fed Highly Expected To Taper At Faster Pace Next Week

Economists believe Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has given away the plot twist of next week’s meeting. In two days of testimony to Congress last week.

Powell opened the door for the central bank to announce it is doubling of the monthly pace of asset purchases to $30 billion from $15 billion; consistent with quantitative easing ending in mid-March instead of mid-June.

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