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  "id": 7990202,
  "title": "Fed raises interest rates by 0.25 percentage points.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/fed-raises-interest-rates-by-0-25-percentage-points",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-17T08:38:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Corner",
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    "url": "https://thecorner.eu/news-the-world/world-economy/fed-raises-interest-rates-by-0-25-percentage-points/127491/"
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  "summary": "The Corner Francisco Uría (Spanish Institute of Analysts).At the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held on September 15–16, 2026, it was decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%. The decision was adopted unanimously, with a vote of 12 in favor and zero against. This marks the Federal Reserve’s first rate hike since…",
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        "published": "2026-09-17T06:01:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "The Fed raises interest rates. And, EU proposes Canada become an 'associate member'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/the-fed-raises-interest-rates-and-eu-proposes-canada-become-an",
        "published": "2026-09-17T10:54:18.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "WSJ Economy",
        "title": "Why the Bank of England Didn’t Follow the Fed in Raising Interest Rates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/why-the-bank-of-england-didnt-follow-the-fed-in-raising-interest-rates",
        "published": "2026-09-17T11:01:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "US Fed increases interest rates: Will SA households feel the pain next week?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/us-fed-increases-interest-rates-will-sa-households-feel-the-pain-next",
        "published": "2026-09-17T12:35:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Trump blasts Fed over interest rates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/trump-blasts-fed-over-interest-rates",
        "published": "2026-09-17T13:24:29.000Z"
      }
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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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