Fed cuts interest rates by bold half-point to boost ailing economy
Thursday, January 31, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve delivered powerful new relief to people and businesses squeezed by the ailing economy Wednesday, cutting interest rates ever deeper in an effort to avert or at least soften the blow of a recession.
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