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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".

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We give you the best comments from around the industry following the Federal Reserve's announcement it will pump a further $600bn of stimulus into the US economy.

The FTSE hit a seven-month high in early trading today following the Federal Reserve's decision to pump $600bn into the US economy

The Federal Reserve will pump $600bn (£373bn) into the US economy by the end of June next year to try and boost the fragile recovery.

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The US federal reserve could pump up to $1trn of extra QE into the economy to battle unemployment and encourage growth.

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has given his strongest signal yet that he will begin another round of quantative easing in the US, to try to acheive the economic "benefits" of the UK programme.

PwC warns the austerity budget will cause job losses of 500,000 in both the public and private sectors.

The US central bank has decided not to take further action to rejuvenate the country's economy but hinted it may do more later if needed.