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Fed to help banks purchase muni bonds to keep credit flowing

by AP Economics Writer
| March 20, 2020 8:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve said it would seek to hold down spiking interest rates in the state and municipal bond markets by supporting banks' purchase of the bonds.

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