Global shares, oil slip on Fed stimulus nerves
LONDON (Reuters) – World shares, oil and copper edged lower on Friday and the dollar rose after U. S. Federal Reserve officials raised concerns about possible side effects of its stimulus program. Minutes from the Fed’s December policy meeting unsettled financial markets as some policymakers raised the longer-term impact of its efforts to simulate the U. S. economy. The Fed’s bond-buying has underpinned appetite for risk, and the comments that raised the possibility it might be less committed to the program than previously thought unnerved investors before U. S. employment data later on Friday. . . .
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