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March 3, 2020 03:28 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/5hNKbwy0z7Q/fed-cuts-rates-half-point-in-emergency-move-amid-spreading-virus
Fed Cuts Rates Half Point in Emergency Move Amid Spreading Virus
The U.S. Federal Reserve delivered an emergency half-percentage point interest rate cut Tuesday in a bid to protect the longest-ever economic expansion from the spreading coronavirus. From a report: "The coronavirus poses evolving risks to economic activity," the Fed said in a statement. "In light of these risks and in support of achieving its maximum employment and price stability goals, the Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/2 percentage point." U.S. stocks briefly reversed earlier declines before resuming their selloff, while the 10-year Treasury yield touched 1.09%. Fed funds futures are pricing more than a percentage point of central bank rate reductions for 2020, including another quarter-point cut in the first half of the year. The central bank also said it is "closely monitoring developments and their implications for the economic outlook and will use its tools and act as appropriate to support the economy."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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