FirstFT: Fed raises rates to highest level in 22 years
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on August 6, 2023
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The US Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a new range of 5.25 to 5.5, leaving open the possibility of more increases later in the year.
Much of the markets had factored in a rate increase this month . . .
