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BUSINESSELEVATED2h ago · Sep 16, 2026, 6:01 PM

Fed hikes interest rates by quarter-point

The Hill · north america

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in several years in the face of stubborn inflation. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), under Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, voted unanimously to increase the central bank’s benchmark interest rate to a range of 3.75 percent to 4 percent. It marks the…

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