Fed Mulled Risks From Dealer Window, Minutes Show


	Fed Mulled Risks From Dealer Window, Minutes Show

Forbes Markets

6-27-2008 6:09 PM

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investment banking, federal reserve, credit crisis

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Note, too, minutes showing Fed concern that investment banks other than Bear Stearns might have been in trouble.

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