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The Fed Cuts Rate

The Federal Reserve cut the benchmark rate by a half point, in what is surely more confirmation of the unfriendly economic environment.  Full release below: 
The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower its target for the federal funds rate 50 basis points to 1 percent.
The pace of economic activity appears to have slowed markedly, [...]

Written by William

October 29th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

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