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Fed’s Evans says economic weakness will be ‘protracted’ November 21st, 2008 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. economic weakness could last for most of 2009, said Charles Evans, the president of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank on Friday. “We are likely in for a protracted period of poor economic performance,” Evans said in a speech in Indianapolis. Economic indicators over the last few weeks have been surprisingly weak, he said. The government’s $700 billion financial market rescue packag