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Sep 2022
26m 50s

Expectation rises ahead of Federal Reser...

Bbc World Service
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Forecasters say the Federal Reserve may increase interest rates in the US by 0.75 or even 1 percentage point. We talk to Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading in New Jersey. In Argentina, the Central Bank is trying to fight inflation with interest rates as high as 75%. Carolina Millan, a reporter with Bloomberg in Buenos Aires, tells us more. A Texas sheriff has ... Show More
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