Fed's QE3 will benefit India in the short term: Rajan

Fed began buying $40 billion a month in mortgage-backed securities this month

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Reuters New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 5:29 AM IST

The US Federal Reserve's latest round of monetary stimulus and monetary easing by the European Central Bank will benefit India in the short term, Chief Economic Adviser Raghuram Rajan said on Tuesday.

The Fed began buying $40 billion a month in mortgage-backed securities this month and has pledged to continue the purchases until the labour market has improved substantially. The programme is called QE3 because it is the Fed's third try at quantitative easing, or buying bonds to stimulate the economy.

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First Published: Sep 25 2012 | 5:31 PM IST