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The Fed's conundrum: interest rates are both too high -- and too low

The Federal Reserve is still aiming to lower interest rates later this year, and for many U.S. households and small businesses those rate cuts can’t come soon enough.

"Fed Chair Jerome Powell again characterized the level of rates as 'restrictive,' and said that 'it will likely be appropriate to begin dialing back policy restraint at some point this year.'"

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