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From the post:
``The Fed has held interest rates steady and warned that the risks of higher inflation and unemployment have risen.
The central bank has held the benchmark rate between 4.25 and 4.5 percent, in line with analysts expectations.
While the Fed rate does not directly affect rates for loans, credit cards and mortgages, it strongly influences them.
Fed chair Jerome Powell said uncertainty about the economy has only increased in the first decision since President Trump unleashed a series of aggressive tariffs on much of the rest of the world.
Powell said the possibility of the nightmare situation of stagflation - where inflation remains high and unemployment also increases - has increased, in a stark new warning.
Archive: https://archive.today/r4t0a
From the post:
``The Fed has held interest rates steady and warned that the risks of higher inflation and unemployment have risen.
The central bank has held the benchmark rate between 4.25 and 4.5 percent, in line with analysts expectations.
While the Fed rate does not directly affect rates for loans, credit cards and mortgages, it strongly influences them.
Fed chair Jerome Powell said uncertainty about the economy has only increased in the first decision since President Trump unleashed a series of aggressive tariffs on much of the rest of the world.
Powell said the possibility of the nightmare situation of stagflation - where inflation remains high and unemployment also increases - has increased, in a stark new warning.
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