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The Fed is preparing to raise rates. What if it doesn’t work?

The Federal Reserve has spent years holding off on higher interest rates, wary of doing unnecessary damage to the US economy. Now, as it prepares to raise rates this week, officials are facing a new question: Will they need multiple rate hikes to bring inflation down?

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