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Fed to spend $45B to sustain bond purchases

The Associated Press

December 12, 2012

The Federal Reserve will spend $45 billion a month to sustain an aggressive drive to keep long-term interest rates low. And it says it plans to keep a key short-term rate near zero until unemployment drops below 6.5 percent.

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