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Important breaking news in the New York Times:  Fed Chief Signals End to Rate Cuts, To help brace the economy, the Fed in late April dropped its key rate to 2 percent, a nearly four-year low, but hinted that could be the last reduction for a while. Mr. Bernanke drove that point home again on Tuesday stating…

 

“For now policy seems well positioned to promote moderate growth and price stability over time,”