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Fed pumps $70 billion into nation's financial system

Minnesota's economy 'well-insulated' from Wall Street troubles

Unemployment figures raise doubts about a 'soft landing'

Chris Farrell

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With Lehman Brothers, Merril Lynch, A.I.G. and other financial institutions in turmoil on Wall Street, an unemployment rate at 6.1 percent - a five-year high - and a housing market still slumping, experts Chris Farrell and Louis Johnston join Midday to discuss the current economic crisis.

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