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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.5 percentage point and signaled more tightening next year.
The half-point increase brings the Fed’s federal funds rate up to a range of 4.25%-4.5%, the highest since 2007. The central bank has raised rates from near-zero in March to try to dampen inflationary pressures in the wake of the pandemic.
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