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 NEW YORK (AP) - A big rate cut by the Federal Reserve and the stock market's huge rally in response to that move has many on Wall Street wondering: Now what?
The Fed's decision Tuesday to slash its benchmark federal funds rate by a larger-than-expected half percentage point sent stocks soaring and lifted the Dow Jones industrials nearly 336 points. It also raised questions about the Fed's next step and how markets might fare in the coming months.
"I think it's probably going to help stabilize things. It seems to me that the Fed had enough room on the inflation front to really get out ahead on this," said Bruce McCain, head of strategy for Key Private Bank's investment management unit.
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