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Federal Reserve raises rates by a quarter-point

Jörg Jelinnek
March 15, 2017

The US Federal Reserve has announced it is raising its base interest rate by a quarter of a percent. It now stands at a band of zero point 75 to one percent. The decision comes at the end of a regular two day policy meeting of the Federal Open Markets Committee.

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