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While the iconic ‘budget tree’ has its own narrative it’s now up to Chalmers to weave his budget story and kick some goals for the government.
A sea of red.
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The Fed slashed interest rates to near zero but, just as in 2008, it will require unprecedented action to calm panicky markets.
The rate cut didn’t calm investor nerves.
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The Fed cut interest rates by half a percentage point in hopes of calming investors. A finance professor explains why it seems to have failed.
Wall Street traders watch as Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks.
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The Fed’s decision to cut interest rates for the first time since 2008 could lead to economic policies that are even more reckless.