The end of quantitative easing and rising interest rates could affect dividend-paying firms
By the end of 2014, the Federal Reserve will be close to completely drying up its third quantitative easing (QE3) program, having gradually tapered down $75 bn of monthly bond buying to $45 bn per month at time of writing. The Fed’s former chairman Ben Bernanke hoped that QE3 would keep interest rates low and help boost the economy. But shortly after tapering talk began in June 2013, yields on US Treasury bonds and other interest rates crept up. Other yield-focused assets – including
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Laurie Havelock
Laurie has been part of the IR Magazine team for more than a decade, starting out as a reporter and research editor before becoming editor in 2023. He was previously acting business editor at the i newspaper and deputy business editor at The Daily...
