Fed approves fourth three-quarter-point rate increase, hints of smaller hikes

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The Federal Reserve lifted interest rates by 0.75 percentage point to combat inflation and signaled plans to keep raising them, though possibly in smaller increments, The Wall Street Journal reports. Fed officials in a Wednesday policy statement acknowledged it could take time for rapid increases this year to be reflected in the economy. “The committee

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