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Federal Reserve makes decision on interest rates

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published September 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM CDT

The Federal Reserve is expected to lower interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point. It would be the first decrease in rates this year.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with NPR’s Maria Aspan.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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