Blue-lined markup comparison of the March versus January Federal Open Market Committee statements below. Also see past Fed-Day reactions on this site, and prior statement markups here.

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Related posts:

  1. November 2010 FOMC Statement Comparison
  2. December 2010 FOMC Statement Comparison
  3. September 2010 FOMC Statement Comparison
  4. August FOMC Statement Comparison
  5. June FOMC Statement Comparison