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  "title": "Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin said it is “a close call” whether the central bank’s interest-rate setting is high enough to bring inflation down",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/richmond-fed-president-tom-barkin-said-it-is-a-close-call-whether-the",
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  "published": "2026-07-31T16:49:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "The Richmond Fed president said he doesn’t know whether he would have joined the three colleagues who dissented in favor of a rate increase.",
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        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "US Fed dissenters call for rate hikes over sustained inflation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/us-fed-dissenters-call-for-rate-hikes-over-sustained-inflation",
        "published": "2026-07-31T14:41:56.000Z"
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        "outlet": "WSJ Economy",
        "title": "Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin said it is “a close call” whether the central bank’s interest-rate setting is high enough to bring inflation down",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/richmond-fed-president-tom-barkin-said-it-is-a-close-call-whether-the-144844",
        "published": "2026-07-31T16:49:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "FXStreet",
        "title": "Fed's Barkin: It's a close call whether interest rates are high enough",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/feds-barkin-its-a-close-call-whether-interest-rates-are-high-enough",
        "published": "2026-07-31T18:24:36.000Z"
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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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