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Fed ramps up lending, bond buying to calm financial markets

by AP Economics Writer
| March 22, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve moved with unprecedented force and speed Friday to pump huge amounts of cash into the financial system to ease disruptions that have escalated since the viral outbreak.

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