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2020-03-03 — cnn.com
The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by half a percentage point on Tuesday in the wake of concerns that the coronavirus outbreak could damage the US economy.
It's the first unscheduled, emergency rate cut since 2008, and it also marks the biggest one-time cut since then. The new benchmark interest rate is 1% to 1.25%.
Market expectations for a half-percentage point cut for the Fed's March 18 meeting were 100% as of Tuesday morning.
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