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Fed sharply lowers forecasts, hints...
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday sharply lowered its projections for economic activity this year and next, and signaled that additional interest rate reductions may be needed to...
Fed sharply lowers forecasts, hints of rate cut
November 19, 2008
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday sharply lowered its projections for economic activity this year and next, and signaled that additional interest rate reductions may be needed to help combat the worst financial crisis to jolt the country in more than a half-century.
Fed cuts key interest rate half-point to 1 percent
The Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by half a percentage point Wednesday, driving it to a level seen only once before in the last half-century, and the government finally began distributing funds from the billions in the financial rescue package.
Pound climbs as markets bounce after Fed cut
The pound continued to make a small recovery against the dollar this morning, as the reaction to the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut continued to be absorbed by markets around the world.
Fed announces new plan to help money...
First, it was the banks. Now the Federal Reserve has come to the aid of money market funds as the government seeks to break the credit logjam that threatens the global economy.
Fed officials say must be ready to...
Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve must be
ready to take action if slowing economic growth fails to curb
inflation stemming from higher food and energy prices, two top
Fed...
Fed officials split on Fed's role as...
Reuters - Federal Reserve policymakers continue
to debate the extent of the central bank's role as a safety
valve for battered financial markets and troubled banks,
according...
06/05/08
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Asian stocks rally after Fed cut;...
Relieved investors stormed back into global markets Thursday, sending stock indices in Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan surging by double digits, after the U.S. Federal Reserve...
Inflation counts for nothing as Fed...
The once unthinkable prospect of zero interest rates moved closer to reality
yesterday. The US Federal Reserve announced an historic reduction in
borrowing costs, pushing...
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Fed cuts key interest rate half-point...
The Federal Reserve has slashed a key interest rate by half a percentage point as it seeks to revive an economy hit by a long list of maladies stemming from the most severe...
Fed Cut Won't Help Lending Much
The prime rate will come down, but loans won't go up.
Fed Cut Won't Help Lending Much
The prime rate will come down, but loans won't go up.
Stocks rise after Fed cuts rates by...
Wall Street got the news Wednesday it wanted from the Federal Reserve - a half-point cut in interest rates - and rallied in late afternoon trading, extending the previous day's...