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Fed’s Yellen sees stronger case for interest rate hike

The Federal Reserve is getting closer to raising interest rates again, the head of the U.S. central bankand other policymakers said on Friday in comments that left the door open for a hike as early as next month. Fed Chair Janet

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Fed’s Yellen sees stronger case for interest rate hike

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Global downturn spurred Fed to consider changing rate path: minutes

By Jason Lange and Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers worried last month that a global slowdown and financial market selloff could hurt the U.S. economy and considered changing the central bank's planned interest rate hike path for 2016. Although most of the policymakers still expected to raise rates this year and even discussed a

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