Federal reserve holds rates steady

Posted Jun 22, 2011 12:39:14 PM.

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The U.S. Federal Reserve kept its targeted Fed funds rate at a historic low between 0 per cent and 0.25 per cent. It also says it will end, as planned, its $600-billion (U.S.) bond purchase program in eight days.

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