All eyes on the BoE as Federal Reserve holds rates at 22-year high

Bar for further hikes is higher

Valeria Martinez
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The Federal Reserve has held interest rates unchanged for the second successive meeting, raising hopes that the central bank's hiking cycle may have come to an end.

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