Fed set to extend lending program
Plan to spur loans will end March 31
Posted: August 18, 2009 at 3:23 a.m.
The Federal Reserve has extended the length of a program intended to spur lending to consumers and small businesses at lower rates, but the central bank said it had no plans to expand the types of loans being made.
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Business, Pages 19, 24 on 08/18/2009
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