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When inflation is high, the Federal Reserve raises the federal funds rate with the goal of cooling off spending. The federal funds rate is the amount banks charge one another for overnight loans.

The Federal Reserve spent a good part of 2022 and 2023 implementing interest rate hikes in response to rampant inflation. But ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it will leave interest rates unchanged amid uncertainty about inflation and ...