The US and Europe have launched huge monetary easing programmes in an attempt to stimulate stagnant economic growth and protect fragile signs of recovery.The US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank (ECB) have both announced support schemes, which they hope would restore confidence in the global markets.The Fed recendy announced a third-round of quantitative easing (QE3), which differs from the first two because no particular end-date has been set.
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