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Japan's Nikkei has dropped another 2.5% overnight as equity markets move further into the red following a fresh tapering announcement from the US Federal Reserve.

US treasury yields jumped yesterday and US futures fell after the second reading of US GDP growth for Q3 saw a large upward revision.

Minutes from the US Federal Reserve's October committee meeting have helped push Japanese stocks higher after the central bank hinted at slowing its asset purchase programme.

Natasha Browne explores how emerging markets’ rapid growth is tapering off

Janet Yellen has defended the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing programme in her first appearance before Congress.

US employment figures for September have missed expectations which could all but rules out the prospect of a slowdown in US quantiative easing (QE) before 2014.

Investors fearing interest rate rises in the US and Europe are looking to alternatives such as direct real estate and private equity, research from AMP Capital shows.

Janet Yellen's appointment as chairman of the US Federal Reserve could see tapering of quantitative easing (QE) as early as December, experts say.

Helen Morrissey says bickering over the debt ceiling will help no-one

There was a lot of uncertainty over whether central banks' latest wheeze was of any use to institutional investors. Just over a third supported the forward guidance policy, just over a quarter said it didn't help, but the largest proportion of contributors...