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US central bank slashes interest rates

19 Sep 2007 07:08 - Staff Reporter
The United States Federal Reserve on Tuesday night slashed interest rates in a dramatic move designed to prevent the ailing US economy falling into recession. Abandoning its previous hardline stance against inflation, the Fed cut by half a point both its federal funds rate and the discount rate at which banks lend to each other.

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