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Australia slashes interest rate amid slowdown



By AP
01 December 2008 @ 10:43 pm EST

SYDNEY, Australia - Australia's central bank has slashed interest rates again as it tries to prevent the country falling into recession.

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Tuesday's 1 percentage point reduction was the fourth in a row by the Reserve Bank of Australia and takes the cash rate to 4.25 percent.

The global financial crisis has taken Australia's economy from boom times to the verge of recession in a matter of months, and policymakers are throwing billions of dollars at the economy to try to stop it from tipping over the edge.

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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