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Fed Cuts Rates, Stops Short of Promising More

The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by 25 basis points, in what Fed chair Jerome Powell called a “mid-cycle adjustment.” So reports Business Insider.

-more-->The central bank’s first rate cut since the 2008 financial crisis, announced on July 31, was widely expected—although benchmark stock-market indexes declined amid expectations for a bigger cut.

Powell kept open the possibility of further decreases but indicated the move was meant as a minor tweak to help the economy through a cloudy period.

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