Fed Takes Pause; Leaves Rate Unchanged

AP
Tuesday August 8, 3:01 pm ET
By Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer
Fed Leaves Key Interest Rate at 5.25 Percent After Long Series of Consecutive Hikes

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve on Tuesday left a key interest rate unchanged, marking at least a temporary pause in what had been the longest unbroken stretch of Fed rate increases in recent history.



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