CHICAGO - OCTOBER 29: Traders signal offers in the NASDAQ futures pit following the announcement by the Federal Reserve that it would cut the federal funds rate by a half point to one percent at the Chicago Board of Trade October 29, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. The cut was the second half-point reduction in the funds rate this month. Getty Images logo Getty Images 13 months ago

CHICAGO - OCTOBER 29: Traders signal offers in the NASDAQ futures pit following the announcement by the Federal Reserve that it would cut the federal funds rate by a half point to one percent at the Chicago Board of Trade October 29, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. The cut was the second half-point reduction in the funds rate this month.

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