Fedâs Action Stems Sell-Off in World Markets
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Confronted by deepening panic in global markets about a possible U.S. recession, the Federal Reserve announced the biggest one-day reduction of interest rates on record.
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Stocks recovered Wednesday from the previous session's brutal selloff, helped by comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Tuesday's market meltdown was triggered by a sharp fall in Chinese shares and signs of U.S. economic weakness.
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A vicious rout of global stock markets at the start of the week sent the Federal Reserve scrambling to slash U.S. interest rates on Tuesday and the White House and Congress sped up work on tax cuts and other steps to ward off a possible U.S. recession.
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Tumbling global equity markets prompted  millions of American investors to switch stock funds for bond  portfolios, but financial advisers are urging them to stop  hasty sales that might just make a bad situation worse.
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U.S. investors follow the world's lead despite a hefty rate cut from the Fed.
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BusinessWeek Online - European financial markets breathed a sigh of relief on Jan. 22 as share prices rebounded after the U.S. Federal Reserve pushed through an emergency three-quarter-point interest rate cut. The Fed's action, which followed a day of panic selling on global bourses, underscored Europe's vulnerability to a potential U.S. recession. After plunging in the morning -- following a rout on Jan. 21 and early declines in Asia -- Britain's FTSE-100 and France's CAC-40 ended the day up more than 2%, while Germany's DAX edged down 0.3%.
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Business & money: Investors ploughed money into metal on back of concerns about dollar weakness and US slowdown
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U.S. government bonds prices dived on Thursday as fears of tighter monetary policy globally fueled a break above 5 percent, unleashing another round of heavy selling.
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Another big sell-off in Asia and more modest declines in European markets preceded the downturn in the United States.
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World stock markets were roiled Monday by worries that resurgent US inflation would reduce the chances for another Federal Reserve interest rate cut to shield the economy from a credit crunch.
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Monday's global sell-off of stocks brings equity markets in line with the gloom that has pervaded credit markets for months.
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Europe's major stock markets mainly fell in morning trade before the US Federal Reserve delivers its latest interest-rate decision.
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LONDON -- European and Asian stock markets rallied Wednesday in the wake of Wall Street's surge spurred by the U.S. Federal Reserve's larger-than-expected interest rate cut.
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Wall Street retreated ahead of a widely expected interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve as investors cashed in profits from the stock marketâs two-day rally.
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Business & money: Concern over stagflation sees share prices go into a tailspin despite Fed injection of cash
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The Federal Reserve tried to soothe Wall Streetâs nerves Wednesday, but a fund manager frayed them by warning that two pillars of the financial markets might crumble.
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Financial markets around  the world were in freefall Monday, signaling a looming global  recession, led by an economic decline in the U.S., and the  return of a bear market in major territories.