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To: Aristotelian
You're quick.

From Marketwatch.com:

Stopping short of giving the market everything it wanted, the Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by three quarters of one percentage point on Tuesday. The Fed action takes the federal funds rate target down to 2.25%, the lowest since December 2004 But the market had expected more. Based on futures trading in Chicago, investor's bets implied a 100% chance of a cut of one percentage point. The Fed did leave the door open. In its statement, the Fed said downside risks remain and it would act in a timely manner if needed. Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher and Philadelphia Fed president Charles Plosser dissented in favor of less aggressive action.


8 posted on 03/18/2008 11:16:53 AM PDT by ThePythonicCow (By their false faith in Man as God, the left would destroy us. They call this faith change.)
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To: ThePythonicCow

“Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher and Philadelphia Fed president Charles Plosser dissented in favor of less aggressive action.”

Maybe they should be running for POTUS.


85 posted on 03/18/2008 12:52:40 PM PDT by Albert Barr (Three cheers for Free Republic!)
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