Fed tightening risks to grow over the medium term

We continue to expect the Fed to taper its asset purchases only gradually and to keep US interest rates on hold near zero until mid-2015. Nonetheless, thereafter we expect the Fed to return rates to more normal levels more quickly than the markets currently anticipate.

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