Washington, May 7, 2025 (AFP) - US Fed pauses rate cuts again and warns of inflation risk

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2025-05-07

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced another rate cut pause and warned of higher risks to its inflation and unemployment goals in a likely reference to President Donald Trump's tariffs. Policymakers voted unanimously to hold the US central bank's key lending rate at between 4.25 percent and 4.50 percent, the Fed said in a statement, adding that "swings in net exports" did not appear to have affected economic activity -- a nod to the pre-......

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