COLUMN-Fed will try to create firebreak to contain downturn: Kemp <!-- no image --> <div>Like booms, recessions help individuals and businesses make sense of changes in the level of economic activity and drive those changes with their impact on spending and savings.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=G6BfbrmGNo0:zrJBjzimGN4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=G6BfbrmGNo0:zrJBjzimGN4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=G6BfbrmGNo0:zrJBjzimGN4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=G6BfbrmGNo0:zrJBjzimGN4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=G6BfbrmGNo0:zrJBjzimGN4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/G6BfbrmGNo0" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters