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Fed Takes Bigger Step To Ease Credit Crunch

WASHINGTON (AP) ― The Federal Reserve said Friday it is taking bigger steps to ease the nation's credit crisis, including increasing the amount of money it will auction to banks this month to $100 billion. Full Article at CBS2 Chicago

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  2. Once we get past the worst of the crisis mode, they'll have to reverse policy ... They're going to have to go up aggressively.
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  2. ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 07: The Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke (R) holds his hands to his face as U.S. Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner reads papers behind him during a break at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting on November 7, 2009 in St Andrews, Scotland.
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  4. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 04: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the Federal Reserve announced it would leave interest rates unchanged on November 4, 2009 in New York, New York.
  5. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: Former Associate General Counsel of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Oliver Ireland testifies before the House Financial Services Committee about overdraft fees levied by banks on Captiol Hill October 30, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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