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Article: Money briefs.(MONEY)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
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- September 24, 2009
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COLUMN: Money briefs
Fed keeps rates low
WASHINGTON - Signaling confidence in a recovery, the Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to stretch out the pace of a program intended to lower mortgage rates and prop up the housing market. Even so, rates on home loans are expected to remain low.
To foster the recovery, the Fed also decided to hold the target range for its key bank lending rate at a record low of between zero and 0.25 percent.
Stocks fell as a brief rally followed the Fed's statement and then faded. The Dow Jones industrial average came within 82 points of crossing 10,000 for the first time since October but ended with a loss of ...