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On the Fed raising interest rates

Janet Yellen at March press conference

David Wessel, senior fellow in Economic Studies and director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, reviews the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike and considers how the Trump administration will engage.

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