The government's bailout efforts
Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the Fed board rate decision was announced March 18, 2008 in New York City. Stocks held on to their gains earned before the Federal Reserve's announcement of cutting a key interest rate by three-quarters, the Dow Jones was up 2.5 percent during afternoon trading.
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