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Fed Again Leaves Funds Rate at 2%

Decision aimed at balancing inflation, economic worries

(AP) - The Federal Reserve declared today that it was keeping its target for the federal funds rate, the interest that banks charge each other, at 2%. Confronted with the perils of a slumping US economy and rising inflation, the Fed decided for a second consecutive meeting to leave interest rates unchanged.... More »

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