Economy
Fed to start tapering bond purchases this year: Bernanke
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The Federal Reserve maintains its $85 billion-a-month asset purchase program, but says it could begin scaling back later this year.
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For Ramesh Ponnuru's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
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