Wednesday preview: Fed to decide on US rates (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

Story date: 2007-10-30 10:10:04
Added on: 2007-10-30 11:00:12

The Federal Reserve is said to be lining up a quarter point cut in US interest rates to 4.50% as policymakers worry about the desperate state of the housing market and economic growth prospects.


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