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Aug 2023
27m 23s

US faces more interest rate rises to coo...

Bbc World Service
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The US Federal Reserve chairman has said the central bank will continue to raise interest rates "if appropriate" as inflation remains "too high". Jerome Powell told an annual gathering of central bankers that the pace of price rises had fallen from a peak. The Director of the British Museum is stepping down over the way the institution under his leadership ... Show More
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