Fed#39;s Jerome Powell in spotlight as markets await taper plans

When Covid-19 transformed the world#39;s largest economy last year, the Fed jumped into action to prevent a major recession, slashing interest rates to zero in March 2020 and buying huge amounts of Treasury debt and agency mortgage-backed securities to provide liquidity to the financial system.

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