Wednesday 24 August 2011

Brent crude above $109; hopes on Fed to inject stimulus

SINGAPORE: Brent crude prices steadied above $109 on Wednesday as investors pinned their hopes on the U.S. Federal Reserve to inject fresh stimulus measures to boost the world's largest economy.


Markets are betting that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke could use his address later this week at a policymakers gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to signal more quantitative easing measures that could translate to more demand.


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