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In an emergency move, less than two weeks after the previous unscheduled intervention, the Fed drops its benchmark rate a full percentage point. It announces a $700 billion quantitative easing program, sets reserve requirements for thousands of banks to zero and lowers other lending rates. The set of measures appears as its biggest ever in a single day.
2020-03-15

The United States Federal Reserve decides to leave interest rates at a record low.
2015-09-17

Minutes from the last meeting of the U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, indicate that it will end its program of bond purchases, also known as quantitative easing, this October.
2014-07-9

A Reuters poll of economic forecasters finds that they are more worried about deflation across the Eurozone than is the ECB.
2014-02-13

The United States Federal Reserve announces that it will continue its stimulus program due to concerns about weakening growth.
2013-09-18

The Bank of England injects a further £75bn into the British economy through quantitative easing.
2011-10-6

Stock markets in the United States and Europe rally after major banks, including the European Central Bank and the United States Federal Reserve, initiate a plan to help end the European sovereign debt crisis.
2011-09-15

Stock markets in Asia and Australia continue to rebound after the United States Federal Reserve promises to keep interest rates near zero for two years. [https:--www.cnbc.com-id-44082079 (CNBC)]date=August 2019
2011-08-10

The United States dollar reaches a 15-year low against the Japanese yen and depreciates against a range of other currencies due to concerns about further quantitative easing by the United States Federal Reserve.
2010-10-7

Ben Bernanke, the Chair of the Federal Reserve, says the United States Federal Reserve is prepared to act against the prospects of deflation but expects economic growth to continue during the latter half of 2010 "albeit at a relatively modest pace."
2010-08-27