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‘Long way to go’ in lowering inflation sustainably: US Fed Chair

US public debt is 'unsustainable': Fed chief
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There is a “long way to go” in bringing inflation sustainably down to policymakers’ two percent target, US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday.

He added that the US central bank is “highly attentive” to risks that high inflation poses to its mandate, at a press conference after the Fed announced its decision to hold interest rates steady as the effects of existing policy ripple through the economy.

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