The prospect of continued liquidity support from the Federal Reserve helped US stocks edge further into record territory as the markets digested comments from Janet Yellen, the nominee for chair of the US central bank.
At her confirmation hearing before the Senate banking committee, Ms Yellen mounted a robust defence of the Fed’s quantitative easing programme, saying it had made a “meaningful contribution to economic growth”.
Analysts said she had steered a non-committal path between concerns over monetary over-accommodation and the risks of premature removal of monetary stimulation.
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