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Fed much more upbeat about outlook

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday signaled greater optimism about the economic outlook, forecasting that the unemployment rate could fall to 6.5% by 2014, one year sooner than the central bank had previously estimated.
In its policy statement, the Fed said downside risks to the outlook had diminished and that the labor market had shown further improvement.
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