WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve guaranteed super-low interest rates for two more years Tuesday — an unprecedented step to arrest the alarming decline of the stock market and the economy. Wall Street roared its approval and finished a wild day with a 429-point gain.
Fed pledges to keep rates low into 2013; stocks soar
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 | 7:17 p.m. CDT
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