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Federal Reserve Cuts Key Rate for First Time This Year

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The Associated Press

10:11 JST, September 18, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation’s labor market.

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