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Tag: interest rates

Posted inBusiness

AP News Guide: What the Fed Did Thursday and Why it Matters

by Reporter II September 19, 2015October 30, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s decision Thursday to hold a key interest rate at historic lows will extend a period of tense speculation among investors. By delaying a rate hike for at least one further month, the Fed has announced its belief that the economy, more than six years after the Great Recession ended, […]

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