Interest rates: US Fed almost done raising rates, but they will stay high
After a series of rapid rate hikes over the past 18 months, the US central bank can now “proceed carefully, chairman Jerome Powell says.
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After a series of rapid rate hikes over the past 18 months, the US central bank can now “proceed carefully, chairman Jerome Powell says.
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After a series of rapid rate hikes over the past 18 months, the Fed can now “proceed carefully,” Powell said — a sentiment he repeated at least a dozen times Wednesday during a press conference that followed the central bank’s decision to leave rates unchanged.
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