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Mar 2022
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Andrew Sheets: The Fed has More Work to ...

MORGAN STANLEY
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The U.S. Federal Reserve recently enacted its first interest rate hike in two years, but there is still more work to be done to counteract rising inflation and markets are watching closely. 
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