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US ends backing for money market mutual funds

Source: MarketWatch

Washington : DC : USA | 2 months ago

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In one of its largest phase-outs of a government economic rescue plan to date, the Treasury Department officially ended its year-old program to guarantee money market mutual funds, the department said Friday. The guarantee program was established a year ago after one of the largest money market mutual...

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