Fed slashes interest rates to buffer economy
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The Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed U.S. interest rates by a hefty half-percentage point in a bold bid to shield the economy from a housing slump and financial turbulence, sparking a big rally on Wall Street.
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The Federal Reserve cut a short-term interest rate yesterday to try to keep problems in the housing and mortgage markets from dragging the nation into recession, but Wall Street judged the move as too timid and financial markets tanked.
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Good news on economic growth discourages investors hoping for interest rate cuts.
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The Federal Reserve on Tuesday  slashed benchmark U.S. interest rates by a hefty three-quarters  of a percentage point in an emergency bid to lend support to a  weak U.S. economy faced with increasing turmoil in global  financial markets.
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The Federal Reserve cut U.S.  interest rates by a hefty half-percentage point on Wednesday as  part of an ongoing aggressive effort to halt a sharp slowdown  in an economy hit by a housing slump and a credit crunch.
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut a key interest rate for the second time in just over a week, reducing the federal funds rate by a half point
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The Federal Reserve's move to slash interest rates by a half-percentage point signals that Chairman Ben Bernanke, fearing broad damage from recent market turmoil, preferred to risk doing too much rather than too little, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pledged Thursday to slash interest rates yet again to prevent housing and credit problems from plunging the country into a recession.
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Worries about short-term damage to the economy led Federal Reserve policy makers at their August meeting to halt a more than two-year-old campaign of raising interest rates.
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The Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates steady Wednesday and acknowledged that the economy is slowing down, which could mean the Fed may not need to raise rates further in the near future.
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The US Federal Reserve surprises markets by cutting interest rates by 50 basis points to 4.75%.
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The Bank of England (BoE) was widely forecast to reduce the level of its key interest rate on Thursday as it attempts to keep a lid on inflation amid fears of an economic slowdown.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher on Monday said the U.S. central bank cut interest rates last week to avert an unacceptable economic slowdown and said it could move again, in either direction.
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Betting on banks and movie theaters could be a good move if the Federal Reserve lowers a key interest rate at today's meeting.
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The Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed benchmark U.S. interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point in an emergency bid to lend support to a U.S. economy some fear is on the verge of recession.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday that the U.S. economic outlook had worsened, and more interest rate cuts may be needed.
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The Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed benchmark U.S. interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point in an emergency bid to lend support to a weak U.S. economy faced with increasing turmoil in global financial markets.