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INSTANT VIEW: FOMC cuts target rate to 1 pct

Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:10pm EDT

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by a hefty half-percentage point on Wednesday to prevent a widening credit crisis from tipping the United States into a deep and prolonged recession.

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