Overview
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America's Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percentage point to 1.25%, the lowest rate in more than 40 years. The cut was the first of the year, after the Fed slashed rates 11 times during 2001.
This article appeared in the Economic & financial indicators section of the print edition under the headline “Overview”
From the November 9th 2002 edition
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