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People's Bank of China asks state-owned banks to restart fund supplies to ease liquidity crunch.

3% drop is FTSE 100's biggest one-day fall in two years as investors fear QE tap to be turned off in US.

The Fed could begin pruning its asset buys, from $85bn to $70bn a month, this September.

The Fed could begin tapering its bond buys, from $85billion to $70billion a month, this September.

Strategists, economists and fund managers polled by CNBC expect the Fed to prune its bond buying this December.

FOMC will end its two-day meet later in the day and Fed chief Ben Bernanke is due to speak after the meet.

Value of exports rise 10.1% to 5.77tn yen, trade deficit widens to 993.9bn yen.

Investors will also track British CPI data and Germany's ZEW Economic Sentiment Index.

Nervousness to continue till the FOMC rate decision and Fed chief Ben Bernanke's speech, according to Barclays.

Investors to track Fed move on bond purchases and G8 summit.

Daniel Stewart & Co’s chief economist Alastair Winter previews the week ahead for markets, politics and economics

Markets waiting to take cues from Fed on asset purchases.

Markets in grip of discouraging economic data and US QE concerns.

With no positive economic data, most European indices decline in early trade.

Uncertainty over US bond purchases continues to cloud markets.

The Australian dollar bounces back but Malaysian Ringgit, Indian rupee and Japanese Yen remain weak

India will now struggle to plug its current account deficit in its economy.

Markets tracking output and retail data to be released by France, Italy and Denmark.

QE fears and weak economic data from US and China hit Asian stocks.

Daniel Stewart & Co’s chief economist Alastair Winter previews the month ahead in markets, politics and economics.

Markets positive ahead of US job figures which could provide pointer to Fed move on QE.

Markets await US non-farm payrolls data and unemployment rate for May.

US jobs data and China growth concerns pull down markets.

Investors will track services PMI data from the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

Wall Street ends lower after investors sell growth-focused stocks.

European investors will be closely watching developments in protest-hit Turkey.

Most Asian indices down on China economic slowdown concerns.

Nikkei and S&P/ASX fall while Shanghai composite and Hang Seng up.

String of economic data and decisions to provide pointers to markets in coming week.

Market men continue to look for cues from the Fed on asset purchases.