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Fed officials see economic gloom, policy bind

 
WINONA, Minnesota (Reuters) - Two top Federal Reserve policy-makers painted a gloomy picture on the U.S. economy on Thursday, on a day when initial claims for unemployment assistance topped half a million people. (link)

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