Dopo il discorso di Bernanke...
...l'USD ne esce indebolito.
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U.S. Stocks, Gold, Euro Gain as Fed Keeps Plans for Low Rates - Bloomberg.com
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U.S. stocks rose, sending benchmark indexes to almost three-year highs, as the Federal Reserve renewed its pledge to stimulate growth with low interest rates and said a pickup in inflation is likely temporary. Gold gained and the dollar weakened versus the euro.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index climbed 0.2 percent to 1,350.02 at 1:52 p.m. in New York after falling as much as 0.2 percent before the Fed’s statement. The dollar lost 0.5 percent to $1.4721 against the euro, falling for a seventh-straight day in its longest slump in two years, and gold for June delivery advanced 1.2 percent to $1,521.10 an ounce. Oil reversed losses, rising 0.6 percent to $112.92 a barrel in New York.
Stocks rebounded from earlier declines as Fed policy makers also said they agreed to finish $600 billion of bond purchases on schedule in June as the economic recovery proceeds at a “moderate pace.” The statement eased concern that central bankers were preparing to begin halting record stimulus measures in an effort to prevent gains in prices from accelerating.
“The Fed isn’t ready to press the brakes just yet,” said Alan Gayle, senior investment strategist at RidgeWorth Capital Management in Richmond, Virginia, which oversees $45 billion. “They’re maintaining the status quo while the economy, and in particular the consumer, gets on firmer footing. An accommodative Fed is good for equity markets and the statement doesn’t suggest the Fed’s anywhere close to taking steps to slow the economy through tightening.”
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