Wednesday, May 4, 2022

US Federal Reserve announces biggest interest rate hike in decades

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The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a half a percent, the biggest increase in more than twenty years.


The central bank also announced it would shrink its massive bond holdings in a bid to combat spiraling inflation.


US correspondent Ira Spitzer has more.


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