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Will the Fed Drop Rates?

October 28, 2008
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

A majority of economists are predicting at least another quarter point drop in interest rates will be announced by the Fed tomorrow with an outside chance of a half point decrease. Recent economic releases which have highlighted just how sluggish the U.S. economy has become have bolstered the ability of the Fed to aggressively lower [...]

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Greenspan, Bernanke, and this week’s Fed meeting

September 16, 2007
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

Former Fed chairman, Alan Greenspan, currently on a speaking tour to promote his new book said that over the long run, the biggest problem facing the U.S. economy is “the re-emergence of inflation,” and rising interest rates. The emergence of Greenspan two days before the meeting of the FOMC gives more credence to the growing [...]

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