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Jun 2023
54m 13s

US Fed leaves interest rates unchanged

Bbc World Service
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Roger Hearing looks at how the Federal Reserve has left the United States interest rates unchanged and steady for the first time in more than a year. However, its latest economic forecast suggest that more rate hikes lie ahead.

Half of workers aren’t engaged on the job, putting in slightest effort to get by, according to research by Gallup. Employee engagement, a measure of involvement and enthusiasm at work, globally declined for the second year in a row.

And the frenzy stoked by the start of the Beyonce's world tour is has been driving up prices in Sweden.

(Picture: Shopper in a supermarket in New York, in JUNE 12. Source: Getty Images)

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