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The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it would raise interest rates for the first time in three years as policymakers look to cool red-hot inflation a move that comes at a precarious time. Fed raises interest rates for first time in 3.

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The Federal Reserve raised rates to battle inflation thats at a 40-year high.

. The expected interest-rate increase will raise short-term borrowing costs for things like credit cards and it often has an indirect impact on mortgage rates. The Federal Reserve responded to the nations surging inflation Wednesday by inching up interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point and signaling it plans more hikes in the months to come. WASHINGTON AP The Federal Reserve launched a high-risk effort Wednesday to tame the worst inflation since the 1970s raising its benchmark short-term interest rate and signaling.

It forecast six more hikes in 2022.

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