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As Fed 'returns to normal,' is the risk of recession rising?: Experts react

  • Written by Sheila Tschinkel, Visiting Faculty in Economics, Emory University
imageFed Chair Janet Yellen speaks at a press conference following the rate-hike decision.AP Photo/Susan Walsh

Editor’s note: The Federal Reserve’s policy-setting committee raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to a range of 1 percent to 1.25 percent, the second increase this year. The central bank also indicated that it will...

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