What Really Happened: Fed: Emergency cut

The Federal Reserve, working in coordination with other central banks worldwide, enacted an emergency interest rate cut on Wednesday.
The Fed lowered its fed funds rate by half of a percentage point to 1.5%. The central bank's statement said the move was necessary because of the worsening crisis in global financial markets.
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