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March 17, 2009

US Central Bank to Discuss Economic Crisis
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President Barack Obama faces increased public frustration with
government's economic rescue plans 
Officers of the U.S. Federal Reserve stand watch in front of the Fed
building in Washington, D.C. (File)The U.S. central bank is meeting
Tuesday to consider new ways to battle the worst economic crisis facing
the nation since the 1930s. The government also is releasing a report
Tuesday on the U.S. housing market, which is at the heart of the global
economic crisis. President Barack Obama is facing increasing public
frustration with the government's economic rescue plans. He expressed
anger Monday that taxpayer funds intended to bail out a massive
insurance company could end up in executives' pockets. The president
instructed his treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, to see if it is
possible to block the American International Group's plans to pay its
executives $165 million in bonuses.

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