online.wsj.com - 11/20/2008
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Federal Reserve policy makers now expect the U.S. economy to contract for as much as a year, with the risk that the slowdown could persist for even longer. The committee, in FOMC minutes, said it "would take whatever steps were necessary to support the recovery." (Minutes)
federalreserve.gov - 11/20/2008
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federalreserve.gov —
Release Date: November 19, 2008 For release at
2:00 p.m. EST The Federal Reserve Board and the...
Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on October 28-29, 2008 and of the conference calls ...
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FRB: Press Release--Minutes of Federal Open Market ...
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