US consumer prices drop 0.2 pct on cheaper gas

... until unemployment falls at least to 6.5 percent. It is also buying about $85 billion in Treasury securities and mortgage-backed bonds in an effort to keep longer-term interest rates low and spur more borrowing and spending. However, some economists ...

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