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Aug 2023
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1024 - Buckle Up Investors—Interest Rate...

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By most accounts, the Fed will hold steady after raising the federal funds rate by a quarter point to 5.25% at the beginning of May. A Reuters poll found that 102 of 116 economists thought the Fed was done raising rates this year, and 30 believed they would lower it. With inflation down from its high of over 9% last year to 4.9% in April of this year, it mig ... Show More
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