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US Federal Reserve holds rates steady, warns of higher unemployment

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says 'uncertainty about the economic outlook has increased further' [File: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP]

The US Federal Reserve has kept interest rates unchanged, brushing off President Donald Trump’s demands to lower borrowing costs, and said that the risks of higher unemployment and higher inflation have risen.

The Central Bank kept its benchmark rate at 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent, where it has been since December, after cutting it three times in a row at the end of last year. Its vote to hold rates steady was unanimous.

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