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Fed holds rates because of tariff ‘uncertainty’

Fed holds rates because of tariff ‘uncertainty’

8 May 2025byThe editor

The Federal Reserve said Trump’s barrage of tariffs were generating too much uncertainty to predict its next moves.

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