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US Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh stressed Wednesday that politics were not referenced during the central bank's policy meeting this week, with the gathering taking place just days before crucial midterm elections. "Politics played no role in the decision," Warsh told a press conference after the independent Fed decided to hold interest rates steady. "I didn't hear a reference to politics, elections, what's happening in the next week or so.......

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