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Explainer: why stocks fall when the Fed considers raising interest rates

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imageFed must be about to raise rates.Reuters

A top-level committee of the Federal Reserve, the US’ central bank, is meeting this week to discuss when it should begin raising interest rates.

Often when a central bank lifts rates, the country’s stock market falls. When the central bank cuts them, share prices go up....

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