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    No Change at the Fed

    Tue, 03/16/2010 - 15:41 EDT - Seeking Alpha
    • Tim Iacono

    Tim Iacono submits: As expected, the Federal Reserve left short-term interest rates unchanged a short time ago at the freakishly low level of between 0.0 and 0.25 percent and the accompanying monetary policy statement was virtually unchanged in substance from the last meeting. This marks the 30th month since the current rate-cutting cycle began back in September of 2007 and, surprisingly, when using the last move back up for interest rates that began in mid-2004 as a guide, it would appear that we've got a whole year to go before rates would be expected to rise.Complete Story »

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