A Very Scary Cut — in the Interest Rate

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Planet Money

The economy explained.

Englisch , Wirtschaft , Nachrichten

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vor 17 Jahren

The U.S. lowered a benchmark interest rate today, along a slew of central banks in other countries. Amir Sufi says the fix may lie in getting people to spend more money, somehow. Simon Johnson objects to Europe's patchwork response to the financial crisis. And David Kestenbaum finds a guy who knew the bailout boss way back when.