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Why the Federal Reserve Left Interest Rates Alone — For Now

June 16, 2016

Via: TheStreet

The time for another interest-rate increase is … not yet, the Federal Reserve decided Wednesday.

Despite hype earlier this spring about considering a hike in June, gloomy May jobs data and the possibility that United Kingdom voters will opt out of the European Union in a vote next week — setting off a new round of market volatility — prompted members of the central bank’s monetary policy committee to wait, according to a statement.

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