Last week, agitation returned on markets. On Tuesday, 6 August, the daily drop of leading indices in the US was record-low since June 2013. By the end of the previous week, indices of the leading western platforms lost approximately 1%.

The short-term clearance of stocks was connected with growing expectations regarding early curtailment of the quantitative easing program by the US Federal Reserve System (FRS). In particular, three FRS officials stated that they did not deny the possibility that the volumes of buying out government securities would be reduced already in September.

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