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Urgent: U.S. Fed raises interest rate by 25 bp, third time this year

Xinhua,December 14, 2017 Adjust font size:

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, the third such increase in 2017. Enditem