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Fed tries new plan to get money moving

After hearing howls of complaint that it didn't cut interest rates enough, the Federal Reserve announced a plan today to get liquidity liquid again. Marketplace's New York bureau chief Jill Barshay explains, with Kai Ryssdal.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (Nicholas Kamm/Getty Images)

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