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  "id": 16940126,
  "title": "Fed Holds Interest Rates Despite High Inflation Data As Midterms Loom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/fed-holds-interest-rates-despite-high-inflation-data-as-midterms-loom",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-28T18:11:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Forbes",
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    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/fionariley/2026/10/28/fed-holds-interest-rates-despite-high-inflation-data-as-midterms-loom/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Fed held interest rates steady on Wednesday ahead of the midterms, with most investors expecting a quarter-point hike in December.",
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        "outlet": "Moneyweb",
        "title": "Fed holds rates",
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        "published": "2026-10-28T18:33:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US Fed holds interest rates steady despite surging inflation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/us-fed-holds-interest-rates-steady-despite-surging-inflation",
        "published": "2026-10-28T18:37:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Fed leaves interest rates unchanged despite inflation in the US",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/fed-leaves-interest-rates-unchanged-despite-inflation-in-the-us",
        "published": "2026-10-28T19:05:44.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "What smart people are saying after the Fed held rates steady",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/what-smart-people-are-saying-after-the-fed-held-rates-steady",
        "published": "2026-10-28T19:49:45.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "S&P 500, Dow rise for third consecutive day after Fed holds steady on rates: Live updates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/s-p-500-dow-rise-for-third-consecutive-day-after-fed-holds-steady-on",
        "published": "2026-10-28T20:10:13.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(2nd LD) Fed holds key interest rate steady; Warsh says inflation 'too high'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/2nd-ld-fed-holds-key-interest-rate-steady-warsh-says-inflation-too",
        "published": "2026-10-28T20:29:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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