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Fed rate dips to 3percent
Sep 14 2008, Arpita Mukherjee

The Fed has become rather agile reacting quickly to any signs of further downturn in the US economy. In keeping with the current trend of monetary activism, the Federal Reserve has further reduced the Fed rate by half basis point to 3%. This rate cut...

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