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World Service,20 Sep 2017,17 mins

Beginning of the End for QE

Business Daily

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A decade on from the financial crisis, the US Federal Reserve is likely to formally announce the process of unwinding quantitative easing. The BBC's Dominic O'Connell speaks to Randy Kroszner, former member of the board of governors at the Fed. Plus Manuela Saragosa asks Steve Dennis from SageBerry Consulting whether online retailer Amazon is forcing old names like Toys 'R Us out of business, and hears from Jim Ratcliffe, the founder and CEO of British chemicals group Ineos, who wants to bring back the old Land Rover Defender. (Photo: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Credit: Getty Images)

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