With stocks falling close to a 2 year low yesterday, Fed President Ben Bernanke attempted to stabilize the stock market and the US dollar by saying that they they are considering “extending the duration” of their emergency lending facilities to investment banks.
The Fed is clearly worried about the volatility in stocks and they [...]

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