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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 28 > Inflation concerns send stocks lower

Inflation concerns send stocks lower

Hesitance to buy government debt putting the Fed in a tough position

By Jack Healy / The Bulletin
May 28, 2009

The Federal Reserve is spending more than $1 trillion to keep interest rates low and help credit flow, but investors are getting worried that those efforts are starting to falter.

The specter that government spending may stoke inflation and push up borrowing costs rattled Wall Street on....

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