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The article discusses the consequences of the U.S. Federal Reserve's (Fed) interest rate reversal in 2019. Topics discussed include how the Fed's decision helped halt and partly reverse December 2018's stock sell-off, stress in the market for corporate bonds in December 2018 and implications of the rising value of the dollar.

The article reports that prices for government and corporate bonds in China have slumped in December 2016. Topics mentioned include the decision of the government to temporarily restrain some trading and make emergency loans to struggling financial institutions, the decision of the Federal Reserve to raise short-term interest rates, and Beijing's efforts to wring excess money from its financial system.

The article discusses the influence of low interest rates in the U.S. on companies' increasing efforts to sell corporate bonds in order to raise funds as of September 11, 2013. Topics addressed include telecommunications company Verizon's sale of bonds to finance a buy out of telecommunications company Vodafone's stake of its shares, and the role of low financing costs in encouraging mergers and acquisitions.

The Advance Auto Parts executives said the timing was right. The company wanted to capture more business by adding stores and expanding its fleet as motorists kept cars longer and needed more parts. So in January, looking at historically low interest rates and reassured by relative calm in the financial markets, the company issued $300 million in 10-year corporate bonds that pay investors 4.5 percent interest a year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve announced an unconventional plan on Wednesday to reduce borrowing costs for businesses and consumers, trying once more to spur economic growth despite urgings from Republicans that it refrain from any expansion of its stimulus program. The Fed said that it would invest $400 billion in long-term Treasury securities over the next nine months, using money raised by selling its holdings of short-term federal debt, in an attempt to drive down interest rates on mortgage loans, corporate bonds and other forms of credit. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Bank of England and the European Central Bank both cut key interest rates by half a percentage point on Thursday, pushing the rates to their lowest levels ever. At the same time, the British central bank took an unprecedented step intended to pump cash into the economy by buying government and corporate bonds. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]