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[Breaking News] Fed reviews effectiveness of revival programsWASHINGTON ”” Federal Reserve policymakers are gathering to take fresh stock of the nation's fragile economic climate, and weighing whether existing programs to ease the recession should be tweaked. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues opened a two-day meeting Tuesday afternoon amid scattered signs of economic improvements, but also investor fears that the central bank's aggressive efforts to jolt the economy back to life could spark inflation later on.

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[Breaking News] Fed meets to take economy's pulse, weigh whether existing revival ...: WASHINGTON ”” Federal Reserve policymakers are gathering to take fresh stock of the nation’s fragile economic climate, and weighing whether existing programs to ease the recession should be tweaked.

[Political Section Feed] Fed meets to take economy's pulse, weigh whether existing revival ...: Federal Reserve policymakers are gathering to take fresh stock of America's fragile economic climate, and weighing whether existing programs to ease the recession should be tweaked.

[Better Than Gossip] Federal Reserve Policymakers reconsidering Economic Revival Programs: Federal Reserve policymakers are actually considering whether some programs that are meant to drive down rates on mortgages and other consumer debt should be slowed down because .Wanting to snuff out any rise in inflation expectations, the Fed could opt to tweak its already-announced programs to slow down purchases of either government debt or mortgage-backed securities.

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[Breaking News] Fed weighs whether economic revival programs should be slowed amid ...: Wanting to snuff out any rise in inflation expectations, the Fed could opt to tweak its already-announced programs to slow down purchases of either government debt or mortgage-backed securities. Doing so also could help avert possible market disruptions and make it easier for the Fed to reel in these programs once the economy rebounds.

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