QE to end like tears in rain

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by Chris Becker

The circa $4 trillion experiment in monetary easing by the US Federal Reserve will finish (for now?) at the end of this month. The Fed published its schedule of purchases last night:

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In case you’ve been living on Mars, QE (rounds 1, 1.5, 2 and 3) has had a slight impact on the US stock market:

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I don’t want to sound downbeat or prophetic, but the Fed wants to end this on a Tuesday – in October?