Tuesday, March 18 2008, 03:38 AM
Fed takes bold steps to ease crisis
The Federal Reserve, acting urgently over the weekend to stabilize financial markets, approved a cut in its emergency lending rate to 3.25 percent from 3.50 percent — a new lending facility immediately available Monday to Wall Street firms.
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The Carpetbagger Report
Tuesday?s Mini-report
Today’s edition of quick hits. * The band-aid: “The Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point Tuesday, in the central bank’s continued effort to restore confidence in the economy and battered fi
Suburban Guerrilla
Famous Last Words
Yes, because the Fed’s done such a great job keeping us out of situations like this: Today, the Federal Reserve is expected to further cut the federal-funds rate, charged on overnight loans between banks, by between a half percentage point and a ful
Wonkette
Federal Reserve Can't Stop Saving Economy! [our Flourishing Economy]
The Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate -- its 'big deal' interest rate -- by another 3/4 of a percentage point this afternoon, bringing the number down to 2.25%. This is the second 3/4-point cut in recent months, meaning Ben Bernanke is probably o
legitgov
Bernanke May Cut Benchmark Rate By Most Since Volcker
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may be readying the deepest interest-rate cut in a generation as the central bank struggles to prevent a meltdown in financial markets and a recession.
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