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Senior US Fed Official Backs 'Careful' Approach To Rate Cuts

Michael Barr supports what he called a "cautious approach" to interest rate cuts (Credit: AFP)

The US Federal Reserve should be "careful" about the timing of interest rate cuts, a senior bank official said Wednesday, adding to the cautious tone taken by US central bank officials in recent months about moving too quickly.

The Fed swiftly raised and then held its benchmark lending rate in a largely successful bid to bring inflation down from multi-decade highs towards its long-term target of two percent.

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