Federal Reserve Cuts GDP Forecast, Raises Unemployment Projections

From the HUFF POST / REUTERS:

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday slashed its forecast for economic growth, raised projections for unemployment, and suggested Europe’s debt crisis posed big downside risks to the U.S. economy…

Officials now expect the world’s largest economy to expand by a tepid 2.5 percent to 2.9 percent next year, down from the rosier 3.3 percent to 3.7 percent they were expecting in June.

They saw the unemployment rate going no lower than 8.5 percent to 8.7 percent by the end of 2012, up from the more sanguine 7.8 percent to 8.2 percent range envisioned in June…

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