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Dollar Rises To Over 2-year High After Powell Comments

The U.S. dollar rose to a two-year high in late afternoon trades on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rate as expected by 25 basis points and its chief Jerome Powell said that the rate cut should not be seen as "the beginning of a lengthy cutting cycle."

In his post meeting press conference, Powell described the rate cut "essentially as a mid-cycle adjustment to policy," and not the beginning of a lengthy cutting cycle. "That is not what we're seeing now, that's not our perspective now," he added.

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