After pausing its recent series of interest rate hikes last month, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced its widely expected decision to resume raising rates.
The Fed said that it has decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 to 5.50 percent. With the increase, the midpoint of the target range is the highest since early 2001.
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