US Fed lifts rates to highest since 2001 and hints at more to come

The US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark lending rate on Wednesday to the highest level since 2001 to tackle above-target inflation, and signaled it could hike again later this year amid improving economic prospects. “Policy has not been restrictive enough for long enough to have its full desired effects,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell told reporters […]

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