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Fed to start tapering bond purchases later this month as it starts pulling back on pandemic aid
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cnbc.comThe Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it soon will begin reducing the pace of its monthly bond purchases, the first step towards pulling back on the massive amount of help it had been providing markets and the economy.
Tapering of bond purchases will start «later this month,» the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee said in its post-meeting statement. The process will see reductions of $15 billion each month — $10 billion in Treasurys and $5 billion in mortgage-backed securities – from the current $120 billion a month that the Fed is buying.
The committee said the move came «in light of the substantial further progress the economy has made toward the Committee's goals since last December.»
The statement, approved unanimously,
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