There seem to be a lot of areas where the UK financial services industry is all too keen to hop over the Pond and see what our American cousins have been doing.
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has defended a decision to introduce a second round of quantitative easing, arguing it will not lead to a spike in inflation.
Investment guru Jim Rogers has criticised Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's decision to pump a further $600bn into the US economy, saying he "does not understand economics".
In the latest Interactive Financial Adviser debate, our panelists from Legg Mason, Threadneedle and Standard & Poor's discussed US Large Cap companies.
Former Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld believes the investment bank may have been able to survive if US authorities had given it the same assistance as its rivals.
Standard Life Investments' Euan Sanderson explains why investors would be wise to invest in US equities.
Stewart Cowley on why the actions of US policy makers could create problems for the dollar
Tony McLoughlin discusses investment challenges facing Americans living and working in the UK
Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, believes the US economy still faces the threat of the dreaded double dip recession.