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Trump calls interest rates "artificially high," says they should be "1% or less"
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from CBS News · North America
President Trump lashed out at the Federal Reserve after the central bank voted to raise interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. CBS News' Aaron Navarro has more.
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