US shares plunge as Fed explains stimulus end
March 20, 2014 8:43 amVideo
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The US stocks dived for the first time in three days, as Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said the central bank’s stimulus program might conclude this fall and benchmark interest rates might increase in six months.
Walt Disney Co., General Electric Co., and Boeing Co. wiped out 1.4% to lead the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower. Consolidated Edison Inc. led utilities to the largest decrease among 10 groups in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Newmont Mining Corp. missed 3% as gold dipped the most in six weeks following the Fed’s decision to trim asset purchases.
The S&P 500 slid 0.6% to 1,860.77 at 4:00 p.m. in New York. The Dow tumbled 114.02 points or 0.7%, to 16,222.17. Around 6.7 billion shares changed hands in the US, conforming to the three-month average.
By maintaining its benchmark interest-rate aim close to zero and handling three rounds of asset buying, the Fed assisted pushing the S&P 500 up by 178% from a 12-year low as US equities entered the sixth year of bull market that began in March 2009.
Stocks became lower today as the Fed’s announcement said officials postulated their target interest rate would be 1% at the end of 2015 and 2.25% a year later, higher than previously predicted, as they escalated projections for profits in the labor market. The central bank said it would cut down its monthly bond purchases by $10 billion, to $55 billion.
Benchmark indexes stretched losses as Yellen said the quantitative easing program would conclude this fall if the Fed keeps on tapering purchases in calculated steps. In her first press conference after the Fed’s decision, she added she saw a significant time between the finish of the stimulus and the first rate
increment, which means six months or that type of thing.
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