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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Callum Jones and Richard Partington

‘Time has come’ for US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, says Powell

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Jerome Powell speaks in Washington DC last month. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

“The time has come” for the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, its chairman declared, hailing progress in the battle to bring down inflation from its highest level in a generation.

With price growth now on a “sustainable” path back to normal levels, Jerome Powell signaled that the central bank was ready to start reducing rates from next month.

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